Electric Charge: Crash Course Physics #25

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Moving on to our unit on the Physics of Electricity, it’s time to talk about charge. What is charge? Is there a positive and negative charge? What do those things mean? In this episode, Shini talks about electrostatic forces, electrical charge, Coulomb’s law, and the force between charged particles.

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42 Comments

  1. I have a question that I hope someone can answer
    At 2:43
    That cloth is negatively charged since electrons move from the rod to the cloth
    But why didn't electrons move from the cloth to the rod?

  2. At 3:25, why does the contact between the positive and the neutral rod transfers electrons? Aren't they glass rods, and thus, insulators?
    And if there is a reason for electrons to flow that way, why don't they travel through me and get "grounded", thus, neutralizing the charges?

  3. I must have watched it like 5 times now and every time I'm at the end I am certain I don't know what it was about…I think it is the lack of really tangible examples and the shear pace and scope of science covered during that super fast pace that limits comprehension and retention of the material. Pointless

  4. Mam i am unable to understand because of your so high class accent. Sorry to say mam but i am very eager to understand this .

  5. Hi people could u help me with some names of books that helps me understand this better especially the columbs law

  6. For "charged by contact" and polarization, I thought that if an electron was already "linked" to a proton it wouldn't be drawn to anything else.. The electrons go towards the area with more protons because the bigger positive charge breaks that attraction it had with that sole proton it was originally linked to? Great video though I would have liked to have it all explain from this point as it becomes even more fascinating.

  7. what are the odds of getting a mini crash course series on electricity alone? There is so much content, from basic theory, AC vs DC, current, motors / generators, different kinds of load on a circuit, different electrical components ect.

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