Charged Rod Electric Field

In this video, we will determine the electric field at point P, which is located a distance "a" to the left of a thin rod with a positive charge Q, uniform charge density λ, and length L. We will use Coulomb's law and an integral to solve for the electric field. The electric field at point P will be to the left or in the negative "i" direction. We will also discuss what happens to the electric field when the distance to point P is much larger than the length of the rod. Want Lecture Notes? http://www.flippingphysics.com/charged-rod-electric-field.html Chapters: 0:00 Understanding the Example 1:05 Solving for the Electric Field 4:17 It acts like a point charge!! Next Video: Thin Ring Electric Field http://www.flippingphysics.com/thin-ring-electric-field.html Thank you to Beth Baran, and the rest of my wonderful Patreon supporters. Please consider supporting me monthly at http://patreon.com/FlippingPhysics Thank you to John Paul Nichols, Carl Hansen, and Julie Langenbruner for being my Quality Control Team for this video. http://flippingphysics.com/quality-control.html Gracias a Jeffrey Marbid y Gisela Burguera por editar las traducciones al español de este video. This video has been dubbed into Spanish (United States) using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu. #ElectricField #ChargedRod #APPhysicsC