POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Inverse Square Law : Re: Inverse Square Law Server Time
29 Jul 2024 08:14:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Inverse Square Law  
From: Lutz-Peter Hooge
Date: 28 Sep 2002 18:56:41
Message: <3d9633a9$1@news.povray.org>
In article <3d95c51c@news.povray.org>, jim### [at] blueyondercouk says...

> Also for the point charge thing there is a very simple equation (which
> totally escapes me at the mo) but I try a web search for "coulombs law"

F = -1/(4*Pi*Epsilon_0) * q*Q/r^2

q,Q are the charges of the balls
Epsilon_0 is a physical constant (8.854 * 10^-12 kg*m^3/(s^2*C^2))
r is the distance between the centers of the two balls.

Lutz-Peter


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