UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS

ROB 2 – ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

WORKBOOK ELECTRICAL FORCE, ELECTRICAL FIELD, ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL

ELECTRICAL FORCE. COULOMB LAW

1. Two electrical charges, each of 3 µC are separated from each other by 20 mm.
Calculate the repulsion force.

2. An alpha particle formed by two protons and two neutrons. What is the
repulsion force between two alpha particles separated by 2mm.

3. Calculate the separation of two charges of 4 µC if the repulsion force is 200N.

4. A charge of 10 µC is separated by 40 mm to another electrical charge of -6 µC.

Calculate the resultant force.

5. A charge of 60 µC is placed to the left of an electrical charge of 20 µC. What is

the resultant force from a charge of 35 µC place just in the middle of the
previous two charges.

ELECTRICAL FIELD
6. A charge of 2 µC is placed at P location in an electrical field with a force of 80
mN. Calculate the intensity of the electrical field.

7. A charge of 3 µC placed at A location experiments a force of 0.6 µN. Calculate

the intensity of the electrical field.

8. Calculate the magnitude of the electrical force actuating over an electron

placed a P location of problem 6.

9. The electrical field between two charges is 80 000 N/C. The outer plate is
positively charged, and the inner plate is negatively charged. What is the
electrical force exerted over an electron placed through the plates.

10. Determine the intensity of electrical charge at P location placed 4cm above a
charge of -12 µC.
 UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE PIEDRAS NEGRAS

ROB 2 – ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

WORKBOOK ELECTRICAL FORCE, ELECTRICAL FIELD, ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL

ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL
11. A positively charged plate is 30mm above a negatively charged plate and the
intensity of electrical field is 60 000 N/C. How much work is performed by the
electrical field over a charge of 4 µC?

12. The intensity of electrical field between to plates separated by 25mm es 8 000
N/C. Calculate the work to move a charge of -2 µC?

13. Calculate the potential energy of a charge of 6 µC placed 50mm from a charge
of 80 µC.

14. A charge of 8 nC is placed at P location 40 mm away from a charge of 12 µC.

Calculate the electrical potential energy.

15. A charge of 8 nC is placed at P location 50 mm away from a charge of 12 µC.

Calculate the electrical potential energy.

CAPACITANCE
16. Calculate the total capacitance of 12 µF and a 6 µF capacitors connected.
a) Series
b) Parallel
c) Use 10V as Supply Voltage to find total charge and individual voltages and
charge.

17. Calculate the total capacitance of 15 µF and a 10 µF capacitors connected.

d) Series
e) Parallel
f) Use 15V as Supply Voltage to find total charge and individual voltages and
charge.