Electric Field Lines Around A Negative Charge

Electric field lines are most dense around objects with the greatest amount of charge.

Electric field lines around a negative charge.

For the field lines to either start or end at infinity a single charge must be used. An electric field line is in general a curve drawn in such a way that the tangent to it ateach point is the direction of net field at that point. Field lines of a single position charge points radially outwards while that of a negative charge are radially inwards as shown below in the figure. And the electric field direction about a negative source charge is always.

Thus the electric field direction about a positive source charge is always directed away from the positive source. Field lines around the system of two positive. Electric field is a vector quantity whose direction is defined as the direction that a positive test charge would be pushed when placed in the field. Electric field lines attraction and repulsion.

An electric field is a vector quantity and can be visualized as arrows going toward or away from charges. An electric field is a region of space around an electrically charged particle or object in which an electric charge would feel force. Electric field lines always extend from a positively charged object to a negatively charged object from a positively charged object to infinity or from infinity to a negatively charged object. The lines are defined as pointing radially outward away from a positive charge or radially inward.

Electric field lines never cross each other. The number of field lines leaving a positive charge or entering a negative charge is proportional to the magnitude of the charge. The start point of the field lines is at the positive charge and end at the negative charge.