DPP No.

ELECTRIC FIELD & DIPOLE

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•1 A charged particle produces an electric field with a ••8 Figure shows three circu-lar arcs +9Q 3R
mag- nitude of 2.0 N/C at a point that is 50 cm away from the centered on the origin of a co- ordinate –4Q
2R
particle. What is the magnitude of the particle’s charge? system. On each arc, the uni- formly
distributed charge is given in terms +Q R
••2 In Fig. , the four particles form a q1 q2
of Q  2.00 mC. The radiiare given
square of edge length a  5.00 cm x
in terms of R  10.0 cm.What are the
and have charges q1  10.0 nC,
(a) magnitude and (b) di- rection
q2  20.0 nC, q3  20.0 nC, and q4 a
(relative to the positive x direc-tion) of the
 10.0 nC. In unit- vector notation,
net electric field at the ori-
what net electric field do theparticles q4 q3
x gin due to the arcs?
produce at the square’s center?
a •9 In Millikan’s experiment, an oil drop of radius 1.64 mm
••3 Figure shows two y and density 0.851 g/cm3 is suspended in chamber C when a
charged particles on an x axis: downward electric field of 1.92  105 N/C is applied. Find
P
q 3 . 2 0  1 0 19 C at x  3.00 m the charge on the drop, in terms of e.
andq  3.20  10 19 C at x  3.00 m.
•10 A charged cloud system produces an electric field in the air
What are the (a) magnitude and near Earth’s surface. A particle of charge 2.0  109 C
(b) direction (relative to the is
acted on by a downward electrostatic force of 3.0  106 N when
positive direction of the x axis) of the net placed in this field. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field?
x
electric field produced at point P at y  –q q What are the (b) magnitude and (c) direction of the electrostatic
4.00 m? :
force Fel on the proton placed in this field? (d) What is the magni-
••4 Two charged particles are fixed to an x axis: Particle :
tude of the gravitational force Fg on the proton? (e) What is the ra-
1 of charge q1  2.1  108 C is at position x  20 cm and particle 2 of tio Fel /Fg in this case?
charge q2  4.00q1 is at position x  70 cm. At what coordinate on
the axis (other than at infinity) is the net electric field produced by •11 An electron is released from rest in a uniform
y
the two particles equal to zero? electric field of magnitude 2.00  104 N/C. Calculate the
••5 In Fig. the three particles arefixed 1 acceleration of the electron. (Ignore gravitation.)
in place and have charges q1  q2 e
••12 A 10.0 g block with a charge of 8.00  105 C is placed in
and q3  2e. Distance a  6.00 mm. :
an electric field E  (3000î  600ĵ ) N/C. What are the (a) magni-
What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direc- a P
tion of the net electric field at point P due to tude and (b) direction (relative to the positive direction of
2 the x axis) of the electrostatic force on the block? If the block is
the particles? x
3 a released from rest at the origin at time t  0, what are its (c) x and
••6 Figure shows an electric dipole.What are the (a) magni-tude (d) y co- ordinates at t  3.00 s?
and of the dipole’s electric field at point P, located at distance d ? •13 An electric dipole consisting of charges of
magnitude 1.50 nC separated by 6.20 mm is in an electric field of
+q + y strength 1100 N/C. What are (a) the magnitude of the electric dipole
moment and (b) the difference between the potential energies for
d/2 x :
dipole orienta- tions parallel and antiparallel to E?
r 14 In Fig. particle 1 of charge q1  1.00 pC and particle 2 of
P charge q2  2.00 pC are fixed at a distance d  5.00 cm apart. In
d/2 unit-vector notation, what is the net electric field at points (a) A,
(b) B, and (c) C? (d) Sketch the electric field lines.
–q –
d + d d – d x
•7 Figure shows two paral- lel Ring 1 Ring 2 A 2 B 2 C
q q2 1 2
nonconducting rings with their 1
central axes along a common P
line. Ring 1 has uniform charge q1 and
ANSWER
R R
ra- dius R; ring 2 has uniform charge q2 1. 56 pC 2. (1.02  105 N/C)ĵ 3. (a) 1.38  1010 N/C; (b) 180º
and the same radius R. The rings are
R 4. 30 cm 5. (a) 160 N/C; (b) 45º 6. (a) qd/4p0r3; (b) 90º
separated by distance d  3.00R. The d
net electric field at point P on the 7. 0.506 8. (a) 1.62 106 N/C; (b) 45º 9. 5e
common line, at distance R from ring 10. (a) 1.5  103 N/C; (b) 2.4  1016 N; (c) up;
1, is zero.What is the ratio q1/q2? (d) 1.6  1026 N; (e) 1.5  1010 11. 3.51  1015 m/s2
12. (a) 0.245 N; (b) 11.3º; (c) 108 m; (d) 21.6 m
13. (a) 9.30  1015 Cm; (b) 2.05  1011 J
14. (a) (1.80 N/C) î; (b) (43.2 N/C) î; (c) (6.29 N/C)iˆ