Re: Charge Inverse Square Law may not be always valid.

From: Monitek (monitek_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: 16 Nov 2004 22:43:51 GMT

>From: EjP nospam@hackers.are.bad
>Date: 16/11/2004 19:57 GMT Standard Time
>Message-id: <cndls2$mjj$1@info4.fnal.gov>
>
>Monitek wrote:
>> When one creates a positively charged body one also has to create a
>> correspondingly negatively charged body. When measuring the force of
>attraction
>> between the two bodies so created one finds that it varies as an inverse
>square
>> law, so far so good.
>>
>> Can the same be said for two like charged bodies? That is, does the force
>of
>> repulsion between two like charges always follow the inverse square law?
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>-E
>
>
>> Regards,
>> Monitek (Arden Barker)
>

Well I am not so sure. I figured that if I made two negative charges, say, I
would also have to make two associated positive charges and the force between
the two negative charges would depend upon the position of the associated
positive charges.

Regards,
Monitek (Arden Barker)

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