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[[File:VFPt charges plus minus thumb.jpeg|thumb|alt=Electric field lines|right|290px|The attractive electric field between two charges of opposite sign. ]]An '''electric field''' is a [[vector field]] defined as the [[force]] per unit charge due to the [[Coulomb's Law|Coulomb force]].<ref>[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elefie.html Electric Fields on hyperphysics]</ref> When an [[charged particle|electrically charged particle]] is placed in an electric field, it experiences a force, the size and direction of which depends on the amount of charge on the particle. Mathematically this is F=qE. Electric fields are produced by objects with [[electric charge]] or by changing [[magnetic field]]s.

[[File:VFPt charges plus minus thumb.jpeg|thumb|alt=Electric field lines|right|290px|The attractive electric field between two charges of opposite sign.]]An '''electric field''' is a [[vector field]] defined as the [[force]] per unit charge due to the [[Coulomb's Law|Coulomb force]].<ref>[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elefie.html Electric Fields on hyperphysics]</ref> When an [[charged particle|electrically charged particle]] is placed in an electric field, it experiences a force, the size and direction of which depends on the amount of charge on the particle. Mathematically this is F=qE. Electric fields are produced by objects with [[electric charge]] or by changing [[magnetic field]]s.

==Definition==

==Definition==

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Magnetic field]]

*[[Magnetic field]]

*[[Maxwell's equations]]

*[[Maxwell's equations]]