Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

Published on April 25, 2025

This free course explores Coulomb’s law, the physical law that governs the force between electric charges, and shows how it can be verified experimentally. As a prerequisite you will need some mathematical knowledge of vectors. This free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM381 Electromagnetism. First published on Fri, 25 Apr 2025 as Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website.