Explain why coulomb's law in electrostatics is not a universal law?
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The law. Coulomb's law states that: The magnitude of the electrostaticforce of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The force is along the straight line joining them.
Coulomb's law only works for a point charge, and not for all charge distributions. As it only works in certain situations (as does Ohm's Law), then it is not universal. A universal law will work in any situations.
Coulomb's law only works for a point charge, and not for all charge distributions. As it only works in certain situations (as does Ohm's Law), then it is not universal. A universal law will work in any situations.
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