Sample Problem 1 Figure 6 shows three charged particles, held in place by forces not shown. What electrostatic force, owing to the other two charges, acts on q1? Take q1=–1.2 mC, q2=+3.7 mC, q3=–2.3 mC, r12=15 cm, r13=10 cm, and q=32°. Sample Problem 2 A penny, being electrically neutral, contains equal amounts of positive and negative charge. What is the magnitude of these equal charges? Sample Problem 1 A proton is placed in a uniform electric field E. What must be the magnitude and direction of this field in the electrostatic force acting on the proton is just to balance its weight? Figure 6 The three charges exert three pairs of action-reaction forces on each other. Only the two forces acting on q1 Sample Problem 3 In Sample Problem 2 we saw that a cooper penny contains both positive and negative charges, each of a magnitude 1.37x105 C. Suppose that these charges could be concentrated into two separate bundles, held 100 m apart. What attractive force would act on each bundle? Sample Problem 4 The average distance r between the electron and the proton in the hydrogen atom is 5.3x10–11 m. (a) What is the magnitude of the average electrostatic force that acts between these two particles? (b) What is the magnitude of the average gravitational force that acts between these particles? Sample Problem 5 The nucleus of an iron atom has a radius of about 4x10–15 m and contains 26 protons. What repulsive electrostatic force acts between two protons in such a nucleus if they are separated by a distance of one radius? Sample Problem 2 In an ionized helium atom (a helium atom in which one of the two electrons has been removed), the electron and the nucleus are separated by a distance of 26.5 pm. What is the electric field due to the nucleus at the location of the electron? Sample Problem 3 Figure 3 shows a charge q1 of +1.5 mC and a charge q2 of +2.3 mC. The first charge is at the origin of an x axis, and the second is at a position x=L, where L=13 cm. At what point P along the x axis is the electric field zero? Figure 3 At point P, the electric fields of the charges q1 and q2 are equal, so the net field at P is zero. Sample Problem 4 In Fig. 5, how does the magnitude of the electric field vary with the distance from the center of the charged body? Sample Problem 5 A charge drop of oil of radius R= 2.76 mm and density r=920 kg/m3 is maintained in equilibrium under the combined influence of its weight and a downward uniform electric field of magnitude E= 1.65´106 N/C (Fig. 13). (a) calculate the magnitude and sign of the charge on the drop. Express the result in terms of the elementary charge e. (b) The drop is exposed to a radioactive source that emits electrons. Two electrons strike the drop and are captured by it, changing its charge by two units. If the electric field remains at its constant value, calculate the resulting acceleration of the drop. Sample Problem 6 Figure 14 shows the deflecting electrode system of an ink-jet printer. An ink drop whose mass m is 1.3´10–10 kg carries a charge q of –1.5´10–13 C and enters the deflecting plate system with a speed v=18 m/s. The length L of these plates is 1.6 cm, and the electric field E between the plates is 1.4´106 N/C. What is the vertical deflection of the drop at the far edge of the plates? Ignore the varying electric field at the edges of the plates. Sample Problem 7 A molecule of water vapor (H2O) has an electric dipole moment of magnitude p=6.2´10–20 C×m. (This large dipole moment is responsible for many of the properties that make water such an important substance, such as its ability to act Chapter 27-1 Chapter 28-1 Figure 5 Lines of force surrounding a positive point charge. The direction of the force on a positive test charge, and thus the direction of electric field at any point, is indicated by the direction of the lines. The relative spacing between the lines at any location indicates the relative strength of the field at that location. The lines are assumed to terminate on distant negative charges that are not shown. Figure 13 A negatively charged drop is placed in a uniform electric field E. The drop moves under the combined influence of its weight mg and the electric force qE. as an almost universal solvent.) Figure 18 is a representation of this molecule, showing the three nuclei and the surrounding electron clouds. The electric dipole moment p is represented by a vector on the axis of symmetry. The dipole moment arises because the effective center of positive Figure 14 (a) The essential features of an ink-jet printer. An input sigcharge does not coin- nal from a computer controls the charge given to the drop and thus the cide with the effec- position at which the drop strikes the paper. A transverse force from the electric field E is responsible for deflecting the drop. (b) A detail of tive center of the deflecting plates. The drop moves in a parabolic path while it is benegative charge. (A tween the plates, and it moves along a straight line after it leaves the contrasting case is plates. that of a molecule of carbon dioxide, CO2. Here the three atoms are joined in a straight line, with a carbon in the middle and oxygens on either side. The center of positive charge and the center of negative charge coincide at the center of mass of the molecule, and the electric dipole moment of CO2 is zero.) (a) How far apart are the effective centers of positive and negative charge in a molecule of H2O? (b) What is the maximum torque on a molecule of H2O in a typical laboratory electric field of magnitude 1.5´104 N/C? (c) Suppose the dipole moment of a molecule of H2O is initially Figure 18 A molecule of H2O, pointing in a direction opposite ti the field. How showing the three nuclei, the electron clouds, and the electric much work is done by the electric field in rotating dipole moment vector p. the molecule into alignment with the field? Sample Problem 1 Consider the closed surface of Fig. 1e, which shows a volume enclose by five surfaces (1, 2, and 3, which are parallel to the surfaces of Figs. 1a, 1b, and 1c, along with 4 and 5, which are parallel to the streamlines). Assuming the velocity field is uniform, so that it has the same magnitude and direction everywhere, find the total flux through the closed surface. Figure 1 A wire loop of area A is immersed in a flowing stream, which we represent as a velocity field. (a) The loop is at right angles to the flow. (b) The loop is turned through an angle q; the projection of the area perpendicular to the flow is A cos q. (c) When q=90°, none of the streamlines pass through the plane of the loop. (d) The area of the loop is represented by a vector A perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The angle between A and the flow velocity v is q. (e) A closed surface made of five plane surfaces. The area A of each surface is represented by the outward normal. Sample Problem 2 Figure 3 shows a hypothetical closed cylinder of radius R immersed in a uniform electric field E, the cylinder axis being parallel to the field. What is FE for this closed surface? Sample Problem 3 The electric field just above the surface of the charged drum of a photocopy machine has a magnitude E of 2.3x105 N/C. What is the surface charge density on the drum if it is a conductor? Sample Problem 4 Figure 3 A closed cylinder is immersed in a uniform electric field E The magnitude of the parallel to its axis. average electric field normally present in the Earth's atmosphere just above the surface of the Earth is about 150 N/C, directed downward. What is the total net surface charge carried by the Earth? Assume the Earth to be a conductor. Sample Problem 5 A plastic rod, whose length L is 220 cm and whose radius R is 3.6 mm, carries a negative charge q of magnitude 3.8´10-7 C, spread uniformly over its surface. What is the electric field near the midpoint of the rod, at a point on its surface? Chapter 28-2 Chapter 29-1 Sample Problem 6 Figure 13a shows portions of two large sheets of charge with uniform surface charge densities of s+=+6.8 mC/m2 and s-=-4.3 mC/m2. Find the electric field E (a) to the left of the sheets, (b) between the sheets, and (c) to the right of the sheets. Sample Problem 1 Two protons in the nucleus of a 238U atom are 6.0 fm apart. What is the potential energy associated with the electric force that acts between these two particles? Sample Problem 2 In the system shown in Fig. 3, assume that r12=r13= r23=d=12 cm, and that q1=+q, q2=-4q, and q3=+2q, where q=150 nC. What is the potential energy of the system? Figure 13 (a) Two large parallel sheets of charge carry different charge distributions s+ and s-. The fields E+ and E- would be set up by each sheet if the other were not present. (b) The net fields in the nearby regions to the left (L), center (C), and the right (R) of the sheets, calculated from the vector sum of E+ and E- in each region. Figure 3 An assembly of three charges. Sample Problem 3 An alpha particle (q=+2e) in a nuclear accelerator moves from one terminal at a potential of Va=+6.5´106 V to another at a potential of Vb= 0 V. (a) What is the corresponding change in the potential energy to the system? (b) Assuming the terminals and their charges do not move and that no external forces act on the system, what is the change in kinetic energy of the particle? Sample Problem 4 In Fig. 6 let a test charge q0 be moved from a to b over the path abc. Compute the potential difference between a and b. Sample Problem 5 What must be the magnitude of an isolated positive point charge for the electric potential at 15 cm from the charge to be +120 V? Sample Problem 6 What is the electric potential at the surface of a gold nucleus? The radius is 7.0´10-15 m, and the atomic number Z is 79. Sample Problem 7 Calculate the potential at point P, located at the center of the square of point charges shown in Fig. 9a. Assume that d=1.3 m and that the charges are q1=+12 nC, q2=+31 nC, q3=-24 nC, q4=+17 nC. Sample Problem 8 An electric quadrupole consists of two electric dipoles so arranged that they almost, but not quite, cancel each other in their electric effects at distant points (see Fig. 12). Calculate V(r) for points on the axis of this quadrupole. Figure 6 A test charge q0 moves along the path abc through the uniform electric field E. Figure 9 (a) Four charges are held at the corners of a square. (b) The curve connects points that have the same potential (350 V) as the point P at the center of the square. Sample Problem 9 Calculate the potential at a point on the axis of a circular plastic disk of radius R, one surface of which carries a uniform charge density s. Chapter 29-2 Chapter 30-1 Sample Problem 1 A storage capacitor on a random access memory (RAM) chip has a capacitance of 55 fF. If it is charged to 5.3 V, how many excess electrons are there on its negative plate? Sample Problem 2 The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are separated by a distance d= 1.0 mm. What must be the plate area if the capacitance is to be 1.0 F? Sample Problem 3 The space between the conductors of a long coaxial cable, used to transmit TV signals, has an inner radius a= 0.15 mm and an outer radius b= 2.1 mm. What is the capacitance per unit length of this cable? Figure 18 A dipole is located at the origin of the xz system. Figure 22 A small charged sphere is suspended inside a larger charged spherical shell. Figure 12 An electric quadrupole, consisting of two oppositely directed electric dipoles. ( ) s R 2 + z 2 - z for the potential on 2e 0 the axis of a uniform charged disk, derive an expression for the electric field at axial points. Sample Problem 10 Using V = Sample Problem 11 Figure 18 shows a (distant) point P in the field of a dipole located at the origin of an xz coordinate system. Calculate E as a function of position. Sample Problem 12 Calculate the potential difference between the two spheres illustrated in Fig. 22. Sample Problem 4 What is the capacitance of the Earth, viewed as an isolated conducting sphere of radius 6370 km? Sample Problem 5 (a) Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination shown in Fig. 7a. Assume C1= 12.0 mF, C2= 5.3 mF, and C3=4.5 mF. (b) A potential difference V=12.5 V is applied to the terminals in Fig. 7a. What is the charge on C1? Sample Problem 6 A 3.55-mF ca- Figure 7 (a) A combination of three capacitors. (b) pacitor C1 is charged to a potential The parallel combination of C1 and C2 has been replaced by its equivalent, C12. (c) The series combinadifference V0=6.30 V, using a bat- tion of C and C has been replaced by its equiva12 3 tery. The charging battery is then lent, C123. removed, and the capacitor is connected as in Fig. 9 to an uncharged 8.95-mF capacitor C2. After the switch S is closed, charge flows from C1 to C2 until an equilibrium is established, with both capacitors at the same potential difference V. (a) What is the common potential difference? (b) What is the energy stored in Figure 9 Capacitor C1 has prethe electric field before and after the switch S in viously been charged to a potential difference V0 by a battery Fig. 9 is thrown? that has been removed. When switch S is closed, the initial Sample Problem 7 An isolated conducting the charge q0 on C1 is shared with sphere whose radius is R 6.85 cm carries a charge C2. q=1.25 nC. (a) How much energy is stored in the electric field of this charged conductor? (b) What is the energy density at the surface of the sphere? (c) What is the radius R0 of a spherical surface such that one-half of the stored potential energy lies within it? Sample Problem 8 A parallel-plate capacitor whose capacitance C0 is 13.5 pF has a potential difference V=12.5 V between its plates. The charging battery is now disconnected and a porcelain slab (ke=6.5) is slipped between the Chapter 30-2 Chapter 31-1 plates as in Fig. 11b. What is the stored energy of the unit, both before and after the slab is introduced? Sample Problem 1 One end of an aluminum wire whose diameter is 2.5 mm is welded to one end of a copper wire whose diameter is 1.8 mm. The composite wire carries a steady current i of 1.3 A. What is the current density in each wire? Sample Problem 9 Figure 16 shows a parallel-plate ca- Figure 11 (a) An originally uncharged, empty capacitor is charged by a battery, which is then removed. The voltmeter pacitor of plate area A and shows the potential difference between the plates. (b) The plate separation d. A poten- region between the plates is filled with dielectric. The tial difference V0 is applied charge remains constant, but the potential difference decreases. between the plates. The battery is then disconnected, and a dielectric slab of thickness b and dielectric constant ke is placed between the plates as shown. Assume A=115 cm2, d=1.24 cm, b=0.78 cm, ke=2.61, V0=85.5 V. (a) What is the capacitance C0 before the slab is inserted? (b) What free charge appears on the plates? (c) What is the electric field E0 in the gaps between the plates and the dielectric slab? (d) Calculate the electric field E in the dielectric slab. (e) What is the potential difference between the plates after the slab has been introduced? (f) What is the capacitance with the slab in place? Sample Problem 2 What is the drift sped of the conduction electrons in the copper wire of Sample Problem 1? Figure 16 A parallel-plate capacitor contains a dielectric that only partially fills the space between the plates Chapter 31-2 Sample Problem 3 A strip of silicon, of width w=3.2 mm and thickness d=250 mm, carries a current i of 190 mA. The silicon is an n-type semiconductor, having been "doped" with a controlled amount of phosphorus impurity. The doping has the effect of greatly increasing n, the number of charge carriers (electrons, in this case) per unit volume, as compared with the value for pure silicon. In this case, n= 8.0´1021 m-3. (a) What is the current density in the strip? (b) What is the drift speed? Sample Problem 4 A rectangular block of iron has dimensions 1.2 cm ´ 1.2 cm ´ 15 cm. (a) What is the resistance of the block measured between the two square ends? (b) What is the resistance between the two opposing rectangular faces? (c) The resistivity of iron at room temperature is 9.68´10-8 W×m. Sample Problem 5 (a) What is the mean free time t between collisions for the conduction electrons in copper? (b) What is the mean free path l for these collisions? Assume an effective speed v of 1.6´106 m/s. Sample Problem 6 You are given a length of heating wire made of a nickel-chromium-iron alloy called Nichrome; it has a resistance R of 72 W. It is to be connected across a 120-V line. Under which circumstances will the wire dissipate more heat: (a) its entire length is connected across the line, or (b) the wire is cut in half and the two halves are connected in parallel across the line? Chapter 32-1
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