= Coulomb's law
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= Coulomb interaction
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Static case of Maxwell's law for electricity only.
Is implied by Gauss' law if <Maxwell's equations>: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/44418/are-the-maxwells-equations-enough-to-derive-the-law-of-coulomb
The "static" part is important: if this law were true for moving charges, we would be able to transmit information instantly at infinite distances. This is basically where the idea of <field (physics)> comes in.
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5LVoU_a08c]
{title=Coulomb's Law experiment with torsion balance with a mirror on the balance to amplify rotations by uclaphysics (2010)}
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