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17 - Electric Fields PDF
17 - Electric Fields PDF
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an electric field electric fields
Electric Fields
17.3 Force
17.5 Electric
between point
potential
charges
Q
V 17.4 Electric field
4 o r of a point charge
kq
E 2
r
Electric field strength (definition)
v=u+at Assumptions
v = u + 2as acceleration is
s = (u + v) t constant
s = ut + a t air resistance
negligible
4
17.3 Force between point charges
Coulomb's law Meaning of point charge
The force between two The separation must
point charges is be larger than the
directly proportional to size of the charge.
the product of the
charges and inversely
proportional to the
square of their
distance apart.
17.3 Force between point charges
Like charges
repulsive force
r
F F
q1 q2
point charge point charge
attractive force
F F
q1 -q2
q1q2
o
4r 2 F
Permittivity of free space
Coulombs Law
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Force between charges as separation increases
Torsion balance (info)
Example 17.5 Example 17.6
Two charges of 8.0 mC and Find the force of
- 6.0 mC attract each repulsion between two
other with a force of 3.0 x small positive charges 8.0
103 N in vacuum.
Calculate the distance nC and 40 nC
between them. respectively at a distance
(Ans. 12 m) apart in air of 10.0 cm.
Solution (Ans 2.9 x 10-4 )
8 x10 3
( 6 x10 3
) Solution
9 9
3 x10 3 9 x10 9 9 8 x10 ( 40 x10 )
r2 F 9 x10 x
r = 12 m 0.12
[attractive force then it is = 2.9x10 N [repulsive]
negative sign]
Example 17.7 Solution
Two charges 4.0 C and F = force of 16 C on Q
16.0 C are separated by k16Q
a distance of 8.0 cm in
vacuum. Find a point (8 x ) 2
P = force of 4 C on Q
where the net force on a
charge is zero from the k 4(Q)
4.0 C charge. (Ans. x2
2.67 cm) For net force equals zero,
F= P
16x = 4(8-x)
4.0 C Q 16.0 C
F Taking square root,
P 4x = 2(8-x)
x
8.0 cm x= 2.67 cm
or 8 cm (impossible)
Example 17.8
-10 C +10C Three point charges are
placed at the corner of an
equilateral triangle. Draw
lines to represent force
vectors to show the
+5C resultant force acting on 5
resultant force C charge.
force due to
+10C on
+5C
17.4 Electric field of a point charge
equipotential
surfaces.
E
q
r
Q kQ
V E 2
4 o r test charge r
q
dV Q
E r
dr
Potential gradient
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Consider three point
charges q1 = q2 = 2.0
C and q3 = -3 C which
are placed as shown.
Calculate the net force
on q1 and q3.
Ans. 16.2 x10 N, 56.3
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