Physics A-Level
Units of field strength
What Units of field strength means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Units of field strength
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Reference: OCR
The unit is newtons per coulomb, N C⁻¹, which is equivalent to volts per metre, V m⁻¹.
Topics that use Units of field strength
- Point and spherical charges (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Direction and strength from field lines
- Electric field
- Electric field strength
- Rules for drawing field diagrams
- Vector nature of field strength
- Direction of field relative to charge sign
- Field lines and charge sign
- Force on a charge in a field
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