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As I see it, the electrostatic field is not completely analogous. It....
takes more than a uniform field for one not to "feel" the field. There
is no principle of equivalence between the charge q in F=k(q*q')/(r^2)
(or F=q*E from the field point of view) and the inertial mass m of a
charged particle). The acceleration of a charged particle in a uniform
electric field E is a = F/m = (q*E)/m = (q/m)*E . Unless all particles
had the same charge-to-mass ratio, their accelerations would be
different for a given uniform E-field.
Hugh Logan