Question
Write down the limitations of Coulomb's law.
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Answer
►The limitations of Coulomb's law are as follows :
(i) The electric charge should be point charge.
(ii) Charge must be constant.
(iii) This rule does not apply for distance less than $10^{-15} m$
(iv) This force is only applicable when the distance between two electric charges is not more than $10^{18} m$.
(v) From the coulomb's law we can only get the force between two electric charges.
(i) The electric charge should be point charge.
(ii) Charge must be constant.
(iii) This rule does not apply for distance less than $10^{-15} m$
(iv) This force is only applicable when the distance between two electric charges is not more than $10^{18} m$.
(v) From the coulomb's law we can only get the force between two electric charges.
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