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Electric-field toolkit

Calculate magnitudes here, then determine physical direction from charge signs and geometry.

Coulomb force

5.993e-1 N

Repulsive

Parallel-plate field

3.000e+4 V m⁻¹

Particle acceleration

2.874e+12 m s⁻²

Potential-energy change

ΔEₚ = qΔV

9.600e-17 J

Field work has the opposite sign.