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Name: Glass half-empty or half-full? e Electrostatics- Coulomb's Law papers Demonstration: Describe what happened, and do your best to explain it. amount depends on + and ~ Fhas_mnaqnitude ¢ and__directiont / (it's a force! Asa group: Draw the forces acting on the piece of paper and the pipe in the diagram below. fe a5 c7 e ~ > === Fe Fe> F, paper accelerates upward F.< Fe paper stays on table e Fe= Fe paper hovers ee Factors that affect F, magnitude: Direct or indirect? 1. Charge on tube (q Fin) ok z 2. Charge on paper (q, inC) . | C z 3. Distance apart, (din wt) Equation: «=F, = kq.q, a Ld k= proportionality constant Coulomb's Law Constant depends on medium (air water,Syrup-.-) air: k= 4,000,000,000 (aka 10") Nm?/C* Coulomb's Law works for POi! Ke (Treat objects as though their charge is all located _ij ) kG , Q=me Fee {90 negative result Qo Fa= EG) positive result a What does this mean about F,? Fem attraction #F,_,% repulsion Practice: Suppose two charges, each with a charge of +1.00 C, are separated by a distance of 1m, Determine the magnitude of the electrical force of repulsion between them, VelO*NmM(ICNIC) _ 1x10" Ngt Og’ 14 Fee “Ome Tp 7 TION force of gravity on 3 empire state buildings What does this problem tell us? Objects don't have Charges of IC, 05C... 1uC= 1 microcoulom = 10°C 1nC=1 nanocoulom = 10°°C ‘Two balloons are charged with an identical quantity and type of charge: -6.25 nC. They are held apart at a separation distance of 0.617 m. Determine the magnitude of the electrical force of repulsion between them. F = 1lO'Nen* (-L26x10C)(-v.BxlO"C) BSASHLSxIO” Na” Fe Coun = "03806892 y= Two balloons with charges of +3.37 uC and -8.21 uC attract each other with a force of 0.0626 N, Determine the separation distance between the two balloons. aoe -0.0020N = Sot SFO" OCOn AOE) ~ O.06LbN =9.24900° Yn (dy 2490093 Mm d*2397¢8m de a Oetist TBM d=. AFM) erate Check your Understanding: 1, The Qin the Coulomb's law equation stands for the . 2¢ Mass of the charged object 2€ # of excess electrons in the object © Current of the charged object . Distance between charged objects Charge of a charged object 2, The symbol d in the Coulomb's Law equation represents the distance from _. AtoB & AtoD & Btoc & BtoD Ge B Gs & CtoD £ AtoG BtoF X CtoE 3. Determine the electrical force of attraction between two balloons with separate charges of +3.5*10° C and -2.9*10° C when separated a distance of 0.65 m. 410" Nn eD5xIO7C)29610%) 9.135 x10 Nato Ce Qos)? 0.4225 pt (doeswt need the —... just means the two attract / gives direttion!) 4. Determine the electrical force of attraction between two balloons that are charged with +6.0°107 C and -6,0*10" C if they are separated by a distance of 0.50 m. f= 4x10" N m*(.0x10"%C) CH 0s10%)_ 0.00324 Note ct (050m)* 0.aS mG F je, 5. Mike has rubbed a balloon with wool to give it a charge of -1.0°10* C, be then eo acquires a plastic tube with a charge of +4.0*10° C. Sa holds the charged tube 50.0 cm above the balloon (100 cm = 1 m). Determine the’ efectrical force of attraction between the tube and the balloon. 50 cm, tm 5 ,—™__ 05m 0 cm oe e\O' NIM 1.0410 °C) 64.0%! s 6 on = 0.036Nate* & 025 pr 6. Aballoon with a charge of +4.0 uC is held a distance of 0.70 m from a second balloon with the same charge. Calculate the magnitude of the repulsive force. Axl Nem* (4x1) (He1O%C) OLN of FeO tm OH a OF 7 7. At what distance of separation must two 5 j\C charges be positioned in order for the e repulsive force between them to be equal to 9.8 N? 4aN = 4x10" Nm? (5x10%C)* _ 0.225 Nm*e™ . c* (ay ea dt= 0.225 HOG 4 a d’=0.022%0 d 8. Three charged particles are arranged in aline as shown below. Calculate the net electrical force on Q, due to the other two charges. Which direction will Q, move in if the other two charges are fixed? 0 a,4a 4x10" Nm* (-3x10*C)CHI0%C) C (0.5m) 0.30 0.20 . adil O08 NOE . 9432 Branton nA Oq-0--O watson Qe Qe Q= ® 0,40; 3.0 uC +5.0 uC 40 nC Fy = AxtO'Nm2(+5<10%C)CHe10%C) e 0.432N—> C* (0.2m)* 4d 5 = 70.18 Nott L4SN Net force S4.0L8N 0.04p* eepaision (t will move left! attraction

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