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(Top) 1 Definitions 1.1 Initial quantities 1.2 Electric quantities 1.3 Magnetic quantities 1.4 Electric circuits 1.5 Magnetic circuits 2 Electromagnetism 2.1 Electric fields 2.2 Magnetic fields and moments 3 Electric circuits and electronics 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 Sources 7 Further reading

List of electromagnetism equations

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This article summarizes equations in the theory of electromagnetism.

Definitions

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Lorentz force on a charged particle (ofcharge q) in motion (velocity v), used as the definition of the E field and B field.

Here subscripts e and m are used to differ between electric and magnetic charges. The definitions for monopoles are of theoretical interest, although real magnetic dipoles can be described using pole strengths. There are two possible units for monopole strength, Wb (Weber) and A m (Ampere metre). Dimensional analysis shows that magnetic charges relate by q_m(Wb) = μ₀ q_m(Am).

Initial quantities

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Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	SI units	Dimension
Electric charge	q_e, q, Q	C = As	[I][T]
Monopole strength, magnetic charge	q_m, g, p	Wb or Am	[L]²[M][T]⁻² [I]⁻¹ (Wb) [I][L] (Am)

Electric quantities

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Continuous charge distribution. The volume charge density ρ is the amount of charge per unit volume (cube), surface charge density σ is amount per unit surface area (circle) with outward unit normal n̂, d is the dipole moment between two point charges, the volume density of these is the polarization density P. Position vector r is a point to calculate the electric field; r′ is a point in the charged object.

Contrary to the strong analogy between (classical) gravitation and electrostatics, there are no "centre of charge" or "centre of electrostatic attraction" analogues.

Electric transport

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Linear, surface, volumetric charge density	λ_e for Linear, σ_e for surface, ρ_e for volume.	$q_{e}=\int \lambda _{e}\mathrm {d} \ell$ $q_{e}=\iint \sigma _{e}\mathrm {d} S$ $q_{e}=\iiint \rho _{e}\mathrm {d} V$	C m⁻ⁿ, n = 1, 2, 3	[I][T][L]⁻ⁿ
Capacitance	C	$C=\mathrm {d} q/\mathrm {d} V\,\!$ V = voltage, not volume.	F = C V⁻¹	[I]²[T]⁴[L]⁻²[M]⁻¹
Electric current	I	$I=\mathrm {d} q/\mathrm {d} t\,\!$	A	[I]
Electric current density	J	$I=\mathbf {J} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {S}$	A m⁻²	[I][L]⁻²
Displacement current density	J_d	$\mathbf {J} _{\mathrm {d} }=\epsilon _{0}\left(\partial \mathbf {E} /\partial t\right)=\partial \mathbf {D} /\partial t\,\!$	A m⁻²	[I][L]⁻²
Convection current density	J_c	$\mathbf {J} _{\mathrm {c} }=\rho \mathbf {v} \,\!$	A m⁻²	[I][L]⁻²

Electric fields

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Electric field, field strength, flux density, potential gradient	E	$\mathbf {E} =\mathbf {F} /q\,\!$	N C⁻¹ = V m⁻¹	[M][L][T]⁻³[I]⁻¹
Electric flux	Φ_E	$\Phi _{E}=\int _{S}\mathbf {E} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {A} \,\!$	N m²C⁻¹	[M][L]³[T]⁻³[I]⁻¹
Absolute permittivity;	ε	$\epsilon =\epsilon _{r}\epsilon _{0}\,\!$	F m⁻¹	[I]² [T]⁴ [M]⁻¹ [L]⁻³
Electric dipole moment	p	$\mathbf {p} =q\mathbf {a} \,\!$ a = charge separation directed from -ve to +ve charge	C m	[I][T][L]
Electric Polarization, polarization density	P	$\mathbf {P} =\mathrm {d} \langle \mathbf {p} \rangle /\mathrm {d} V\,\!$	C m⁻²	[I][T][L]⁻²
Electric displacement field, flux density	D	$\mathbf {D} =\epsilon \mathbf {E} =\epsilon _{0}\mathbf {E} +\mathbf {P} \,$	C m⁻²	[I][T][L]⁻²
Electric displacement flux	Φ_D	$\Phi _{D}=\int _{S}\mathbf {D} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {A} \,\!$	C	[I][T]
Absolute electric potential, EM scalar potential relative to point $r_{0}\,\!$ Theoretical: $r_{0}=\infty \,\!$ Practical: $r_{0}=R_{\mathrm {earth} }\,\!$ (Earth's radius)	φ ,V	$V=-{\frac {W_{\infty r}}{q}}=-{\frac {1}{q}}\int _{\infty }^{r}\mathbf {F} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {r} =-\int _{r_{1}}^{r_{2}}\mathbf {E} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {r} \,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Voltage, Electric potential difference	Δφ,ΔV	$\Delta V=-{\frac {\Delta W}{q}}=-{\frac {1}{q}}\int _{r_{1}}^{r_{2}}\mathbf {F} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {r} =-\int _{r_{1}}^{r_{2}}\mathbf {E} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {r} \,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹

Magnetic quantities

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Magnetic transport

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Linear, surface, volumetric pole density	λ_m for Linear, σ_m for surface, ρ_m for volume.	$q_{m}=\int \lambda _{m}\mathrm {d} \ell$ $q_{m}=\iint \sigma _{m}\mathrm {d} S$ $q_{m}=\iiint \rho _{m}\mathrm {d} V$	Wb m⁻ⁿ A m^{(−n + 1)}, n = 1, 2, 3	[L]²[M][T]⁻² [I]⁻¹ (Wb) [I][L] (Am)
Monopole current	I_m	$I_{m}=\mathrm {d} q_{m}/\mathrm {d} t\,\!$	Wb s⁻¹ A m s⁻¹	[L]²[M][T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹ (Wb) [I][L][T]⁻¹ (Am)
Monopole current density	J_m	$I=\iint \mathbf {J} _{\mathrm {m} }\cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {A}$	Wb s⁻¹m⁻² A m⁻¹s⁻¹	[M][T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹ (Wb) [I][L]⁻¹[T]⁻¹ (Am)

Magnetic fields

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Magnetic field, field strength, flux density, induction field	B	$\mathbf {F} =q_{e}\left(\mathbf {v} \times \mathbf {B} \right)\,\!$	T = N A⁻¹m⁻¹ = Wb m⁻²	[M][T]⁻²[I]⁻¹
Magnetic potential, EM vector potential	A	$\mathbf {B} =\nabla \times \mathbf {A}$	T m = N A⁻¹ = Wb m³	[M][L][T]⁻²[I]⁻¹
Magnetic flux	Φ_B	$\Phi _{B}=\int _{S}\mathbf {B} \cdot \mathrm {d} \mathbf {A} \,\!$	Wb = T m²	[L]²[M][T]⁻²[I]⁻¹
Magnetic permeability	$\mu \,\!$	$\mu \ =\mu _{r}\,\mu _{0}\,\!$	V·s·A⁻¹·m⁻¹ = N·A⁻² = T·m·A⁻¹ = Wb·A⁻¹·m⁻¹	[M][L][T]⁻²[I]⁻²
Magnetic moment, magnetic dipole moment	m, μ_B, Π	Two definitions are possible: using pole strengths, $\mathbf {m} =q_{m}\mathbf {a} \,\!$ using currents: $\mathbf {m} =NIA\mathbf {\hat {n}} \,\!$ a = pole separation N is the number of turns of conductor	A m²	[I][L]²
Magnetization	M	$\mathbf {M} =\mathrm {d} \langle \mathbf {m} \rangle /\mathrm {d} V\,\!$	A m⁻¹	[I] [L]⁻¹
Magnetic field intensity, (AKA field strength)	H	Two definitions are possible: most common: $\mathbf {B} =\mu \mathbf {H} =\mu _{0}\left(\mathbf {H} +\mathbf {M} \right)\,$ using pole strengths,^[1] $\mathbf {H} =\mathbf {F} /q_{m}\,$	A m⁻¹	[I] [L]⁻¹
Intensity of magnetization, magnetic polarization	I, J	$\mathbf {I} =\mu _{0}\mathbf {M} \,\!$	T = N A⁻¹m⁻¹ = Wb m⁻²	[M][T]⁻²[I]⁻¹
Self Inductance	L	Two equivalent definitions are possible: $L=N\left(\mathrm {d} \Phi /\mathrm {d} I\right)\,\!$ $L\left(\mathrm {d} I/\mathrm {d} t\right)=-NV\,\!$	H = Wb A⁻¹	[L]² [M] [T]⁻² [I]⁻²
Mutual inductance	M	Again two equivalent definitions are possible: $M_{1}=N\left(\mathrm {d} \Phi _{2}/\mathrm {d} I_{1}\right)\,\!$ $M\left(\mathrm {d} I_{2}/\mathrm {d} t\right)=-NV_{1}\,\!$ 1,2 subscripts refer to two conductors/inductors mutually inducing voltage/ linking magnetic flux through each other. They can be interchanged for the required conductor/inductor; $M_{2}=N\left(\mathrm {d} \Phi _{1}/\mathrm {d} I_{2}\right)\,\!$ $M\left(\mathrm {d} I_{1}/\mathrm {d} t\right)=-NV_{2}\,\!$	H = Wb A⁻¹	[L]² [M] [T]⁻² [I]⁻²
Gyromagnetic ratio (for charged particles in a magnetic field)	γ	$\omega =\gamma B\,\!$	Hz T⁻¹	[M]⁻¹[T][I]

Electric circuits

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DC circuits, general definitions

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Terminal Voltage for Power Supply	V_ter		V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Load Voltage for Circuit	V_load		V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Internal resistance of power supply	R_int	$R_{\mathrm {int} }=V_{\mathrm {ter} }/I\,\!$	Ω = V A⁻¹ = J s C⁻²	[M][L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻²
Load resistance of circuit	R_ext	$R_{\mathrm {ext} }=V_{\mathrm {load} }/I\,\!$	Ω = V A⁻¹ = J s C⁻²	[M][L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻²
Electromotive force (emf), voltage across entire circuit including power supply, external components and conductors	E	${\mathcal {E}}=V_{\mathrm {ter} }+V_{\mathrm {load} }\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹

AC circuits

Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Resistive load voltage	V_R	$V_{R}=I_{R}R\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Capacitive load voltage	V_C	$V_{C}=I_{C}X_{C}\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Inductive load voltage	V_L	$V_{L}=I_{L}X_{L}\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
Capacitive reactance	X_C	$X_{C}={\frac {1}{\omega _{\mathrm {d} }C}}\,\!$	Ω⁻¹m⁻¹	[I]² [T]³ [M]⁻² [L]⁻²
Inductive reactance	X_L	$X_{L}=\omega _{d}L\,\!$	Ω⁻¹m⁻¹	[I]² [T]³ [M]⁻² [L]⁻²
AC electrical impedance	Z	$V=IZ\,\!$ $Z={\sqrt {R^{2}+\left(X_{L}-X_{C}\right)^{2}}}\,\!$	Ω⁻¹m⁻¹	[I]² [T]³ [M]⁻² [L]⁻²
Phase constant	δ, φ	$\tan \phi ={\frac {X_{L}-X_{C}}{R}}\,\!$	dimensionless	dimensionless
AC peak current	I₀	$I_{0}=I_{\mathrm {rms} }{\sqrt {2}}\,\!$	A	[I]
AC root mean square current	I_rms	$I_{\mathrm {rms} }={\sqrt {{\frac {1}{T}}\int _{0}^{T}\left[I\left(t\right)\right]^{2}\mathrm {d} t}}\,\!$	A	[I]
AC peak voltage	V₀	$V_{0}=V_{\mathrm {rms} }{\sqrt {2}}\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
AC root mean square voltage	V_rms	$V_{\mathrm {rms} }={\sqrt {{\frac {1}{T}}\int _{0}^{T}\left[V\left(t\right)\right]^{2}\mathrm {d} t}}\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
AC emf, root mean square	${\mathcal {E}}_{\mathrm {rms} },{\sqrt {\langle {\mathcal {E}}\rangle }}\,\!$	${\mathcal {E}}_{\mathrm {rms} }={\mathcal {E}}_{\mathrm {m} }/{\sqrt {2}}\,\!$	V = J C⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³ [I]⁻¹
AC average power	$\langle P\rangle \,\!$	$\langle P\rangle ={\mathcal {E}}I_{\mathrm {rms} }\cos \phi \,\!$	W = J s⁻¹	[M] [L]² [T]⁻³
Capacitive time constant	τ_C	$\tau _{C}=RC\,\!$	s	[T]
Inductive time constant	τ_L	$\tau _{L}=L/R\,\!$	s	[T]

Magnetic circuits

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Quantity (common name/s)	(Common) symbol/s	Defining equation	SI units	Dimension
Magnetomotive force, mmf	F, ${\mathcal {F}},{\mathcal {M}}$	${\mathcal {M}}=NI$ N = number of turns of conductor	A	[I]

Electromagnetism

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Electric fields

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General Classical Equations

Physical situation	Equations
Electric potential gradient and field	$\mathbf {E} =-\nabla V$ $\Delta V=-\int _{r_{1}}^{r_{2}}\mathbf {E} \cdot d\mathbf {r} \,\!$
Point charge	$\mathbf {E} ={\frac {q}{4\pi \epsilon _{0}\left\|\mathbf {r} \right\|^{2}}}\mathbf {\hat {r}} \,\!$
At a point in a local array of point charges	$\mathbf {E} =\sum \mathbf {E} _{i}={\frac {1}{4\pi \epsilon _{0}}}\sum _{i}{\frac {q_{i}}{\left\|\mathbf {r} _{i}-\mathbf {r} \right\|^{2}}}\mathbf {\hat {r}} _{i}\,\!$
At a point due to a continuum of charge	$\mathbf {E} ={\frac {1}{4\pi \epsilon _{0}}}\int _{V}{\frac {\mathbf {r} \rho \mathrm {d} V}{\left\|\mathbf {r} \right\|^{3}}}\,\!$
Electrostatic torque and potential energy due to non-uniform fields and dipole moments	${\boldsymbol {\tau }}=\int _{V}\mathrm {d} \mathbf {p} \times \mathbf {E}$ $U=-\int _{V}\mathrm {d} \mathbf {p} \cdot \mathbf {E}$

Magnetic fields and moments

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General classical equations

Physical situation	Equations
Magnetic potential, EM vector potential	$\mathbf {B} =\nabla \times \mathbf {A}$
Due to a magnetic moment	$\mathbf {A} ={\frac {\mu _{0}}{4\pi }}{\frac {\mathbf {m} \times \mathbf {r} }{\left\|\mathbf {r} \right\|^{3}}}$ $\mathbf {B} ({\mathbf {r} })=\nabla \times {\mathbf {A} }={\frac {\mu _{0}}{4\pi }}\left({\frac {3\mathbf {r} (\mathbf {m} \cdot \mathbf {r} )}{\left\|\mathbf {r} \right\|^{5}}}-{\frac {\mathbf {m} }{\left\|\mathbf {r} \right\|^{3}}}\right)$
Magnetic moment due to a current distribution	$\mathbf {m} ={\frac {1}{2}}\int _{V}\mathbf {r} \times \mathbf {J} \mathrm {d} V$
Magnetostatic torque and potential energy due to non-uniform fields and dipole moments	${\boldsymbol {\tau }}=\int _{V}\mathrm {d} \mathbf {m} \times \mathbf {B}$ $U=-\int _{V}\mathrm {d} \mathbf {m} \cdot \mathbf {B}$

Electric circuits and electronics

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Below N = number of conductors or circuit components. Subscript net refers to the equivalent and resultant property value.

Physical situation	Nomenclature	Series	Parallel
Resistors and conductors	R_i = resistance of resistor or conductor i G_i = conductance of resistor or conductor i	$R_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}R_{i}\,\!$ ${1 \over G_{\mathrm {net} }}=\sum _{i=1}^{N}{1 \over G_{i}}\,\!$	${1 \over R_{\mathrm {net} }}=\sum _{i=1}^{N}{1 \over R_{i}}\,\!$ $G_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}G_{i}\,\!$
Charge, capacitors, currents	C_i = capacitance of capacitor i q_i = charge of charge carrier i	$q_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}q_{i}\,\!$ ${1 \over C_{\mathrm {net} }}=\sum _{i=1}^{N}{1 \over C_{i}}\,\!$ $I_{\mathrm {net} }=I_{i}\,\!$	$q_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}q_{i}\,\!$ $C_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}C_{i}\,\!$ $I_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}I_{i}\,\!$
Inductors	L_i = self-inductance of inductor i L_ij = self-inductance element ijofL matrix M_ij = mutual inductance between inductors i and j	$L_{\mathrm {net} }=\sum _{i=1}^{N}L_{i}\,\!$	${1 \over L_{\mathrm {net} }}=\sum _{i=1}^{N}{1 \over L_{i}}\,\!$ $V_{i}=\sum _{j=1}^{N}L_{ij}{\frac {\mathrm {d} I_{j}}{\mathrm {d} t}}\,\!$

Series circuit equations
Circuit	DC Circuit equations	AC Circuit equations
RC circuits	Circuit equation $R{\frac {\mathrm {d} q}{\mathrm {d} t}}+{\frac {q}{C}}={\mathcal {E}}\,\!$ Capacitor charge $q=C{\mathcal {E}}\left(1-e^{-t/RC}\right)\,\!$ Capacitor discharge $q=C{\mathcal {E}}e^{-t/RC}\,\!$
RL circuits	Circuit equation $L{\frac {\mathrm {d} I}{\mathrm {d} t}}+RI={\mathcal {E}}\,\!$ Inductor current rise $I={\frac {\mathcal {E}}{R}}\left(1-e^{-Rt/L}\right)\,\!$ Inductor current fall $I={\frac {\mathcal {E}}{R}}e^{-t/\tau _{L}}=I_{0}e^{-Rt/L}\,\!$
LC circuits	Circuit equation $L{\frac {\mathrm {d} ^{2}q}{\mathrm {d} t^{2}}}+q/C={\mathcal {E}}\,\!$	Circuit equation $L{\frac {\mathrm {d} ^{2}q}{\mathrm {d} t^{2}}}+q/C={\mathcal {E}}\sin \left(\omega _{0}t+\phi \right)\,\!$ Circuit resonant frequency $\omega _{\mathrm {res} }=1/{\sqrt {LC}}\,\!$ Circuit charge $q=q_{0}\cos(\omega t+\phi )\,\!$ Circuit current $I=-\omega q_{0}\sin(\omega t+\phi )\,\!$ Circuit electrical potential energy $U_{E}=q^{2}/2C=Q^{2}\cos ^{2}(\omega t+\phi )/2C\,\!$ Circuit magnetic potential energy $U_{B}=Q^{2}\sin ^{2}(\omega t+\phi )/2C\,\!$
RLC Circuits	Circuit equation $L{\frac {\mathrm {d} ^{2}q}{\mathrm {d} t^{2}}}+R{\frac {\mathrm {d} q}{\mathrm {d} t}}+{\frac {q}{C}}={\mathcal {E}}\,\!$	Circuit equation $L{\frac {\mathrm {d} ^{2}q}{\mathrm {d} t^{2}}}+R{\frac {\mathrm {d} q}{\mathrm {d} t}}+{\frac {q}{C}}={\mathcal {E}}\sin \left(\omega _{0}t+\phi \right)\,\!$ Circuit charge $q=q_{0}eT^{-Rt/2L}\cos(\omega 't+\phi )\,\!$

Footnotes

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^ M. Mansfield; C. O'Sullivan (2011). Understanding Physics (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-74637-0.

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