Notes of Chapter 12: Electrostatics of “Physics XII” for FSc Part 2 published by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore. These notes are very helpful to prepare Physics paper of FSc Part 2 for Federal Board, Multan Board, Faisalabad Board, Sargodha Board, Gujranwala Board, DG Khan Board, Rawalpindi Board or any other board of Punjab, Pakistan.

The branch of Physics which deals with the charges at rest is called electrostatics.The electrostatic force between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitude of charges and inversely proportional to the square of distance between them.

• Introduction
• Kinds of charges
• Electric Force
• Quantitative nature of Electric force
• Coulomb`s Law
• Statement
• Mathematical form
• Vector form
• Effect of medium
• Fields of force
• Electric field lines
• Direction of electric field
• Strength of electric field
• Uniform electric field
• Properties of electric field lines
• Application of electrostatics
• Ink jet Printers
• Electric Flux
• Electric Flux through a surface enclosing a charge
• Gauss`s Law
• Applications of Gauss`s Law
• Electric Potential
• Absolute Electric potential
• Electron volt
• Comparison
• Capacitor
• Capacitance
• Electric Polarization
• Charging and discharging of capacitor