ELECTROSTATICS

LECTURE - 2
Jayant Nagda
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HomeWork Discussion
 Q: Charge on the Ring
Electric field due to a uniform ring on axis
: Charge per unit length on Ring
R: Radius of the Ring
x: Distance of P (on axis) from center of Ring
R

x P
Electric field due to a uniform ring on axis

x P

E At x from centre
of Ring on its axis.

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Electric field due to an infinite line of charge

Find ‘E’ at P?

d P
Electric Field due to uniform finite line of charge
: Charge per unit length

d : Perpendicular distance of p from line. Find ‘E’ at P.

: angles subtended by line at P.

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Electric Field due to uniform finite line of charge
For infinite line of charge

For Semi-finite line, and

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Electric field due to uniformly charged arc

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⍺ : angle of arc
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Determine electric field at P due to Uniformly charged Half Ring (𝜆, R).

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Determine electric field at P due to Uniformly charged quarter Ring (𝜆, R)

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HomeWork Questions
 Electric field due to charged disc

Q, 𝝈, R

E
x P

Q: Charge on the Ring

𝝈: Charge per unit length on Ring

R: Radius of the Ring

x: Distance of P (on axis) from center of Ring

Electric field due to a uniformly charged spherical shell

r : distance of Point from the centre of sphere, at P1 (outside sphere)

Q, 𝝈, R Eoutside =
P1
E
at P2 (inside shell)
P2
Einside = 0
E

r
r=R
Electric field due to a uniformly charged solid sphere

r : distance of Point from the centre of sphere, at P1 (outside sphere)

Eoutside =
P1
E
at P2 (inside sphere)
P2
Einside =

r
r=R
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