Work Sheet on Electrostatic Fields (ch2)

1. Point charges Q1 = 1 nC and Q2 = 2 nC are at a distance apart. Which are incorrect?

(a) The force on Ql is repulsive. (b) The force on Q2 is the same in magnitude as that on Q1.
(c) As the distance between them decreases, the force on Ql increases linearly.
(d) The force on Q2 is along the line joining them.
(e) A point charge Q3 = -3 nC located at the midpoint between Q1 and Q2 experiences no net force.
2. Determine the total charge
(a) On line 0 < x < 5 m if
(b) On the cylinder
3. Point charges 30 nC, -20 nC, and 10 nC are located at (-1,0,2), (0,0,0), and (1,3, - 1), respectively.
The total flux leaving a cube of side 8 m centered at the origin is
(a) -20 nC (b) 10 nC (c) 20 nC (d) 30 nC (e) 60 nC
4. A potential field is given by V = 3x y – yz. Which of the following is not true?
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(a) At point (1, 0, - 1), V and E vanish. (b) x2y = 1 is an equipotential line on the xy-plane.
(c) The equipotential surface V = -8 passes through point P(2, -1,4).
(d) The electric field at P is 12ax - 8ay -az V/m.
(e) A unit normal to the equipotential surface V = -8 at P is -0.83 ax + 0.55ay +0.07az.
5. Line x = 3, z = -1 carries charge 20 nC/m while plane x = -2 carries charge 4 nC/m2. Find the
force on a point charge - 5 mC located at the origin.
6. Let the scalar electric potential in free space, find
(a) The electric field intensity E at (3, 4, -6).
(b) The electric flux density D at (3, 4, -6).
(c) The energy expended in transferring a point charge from (1, -1 , 2) to (2, 1,-3).
(d) The volume charge density .
(e) The total charge enclosed by the volume .
(f) Confirm Gauss's law by finding the net flux through the surface of the volume in (e).
7. Planes z = 0 and z = 4 carry charge and , respectively.
Determine E at (a) (1, 1, 1) (b) (0, - 3, 10)

8. Three concentric spherical shells r = 1, r = 2, and r = 3 m, respectively, have charge

distributions 2, - 4, and 5µC/m2.
(a) Calculate the flux through r = 1.5 m and r = 2.5 m.
(b) Find D at r = 0.5, r = 2.5, and r = 3.5 m.

9. Given that the electric field in a certain region is

E = (z + 1) sinϕ aρ+ (z + 1) cosϕaϕ + ρsinϕ az V/m. determine the work done
in moving a 4-nC charge from
(a) A(l,0, 0)to B(4, 0,0) (b) S(4, 0, 0) to C(4, 30°, 0)
(c) C(4, 30°, 0)to D(4, 30°, -2) (d) A to D

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