Electric Field Generated by Two Point Charges

q

1

1

q

2

1

electric field = 1.94314 N/C | θ = 1.55462

This Demonstration shows the components of the electric field (green) generated by two charges

q

1

and

q

2

(orange) on a test charge. (You can drag the test charge.) The resultant is the red vector. The values of the electric charges are expressed in coulombs; the angles of the vectors that join the charges to the test charge are also shown.