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Electrostatics Problems

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Electric flux, Gauss Law

1.An electric field given by E = 4.0i - 3.0(y2 + 2.0)j pierces a Gaussian cube of edge length 2.0 m and positioned as shown in adjacent figure.. (The magnitude E is in newtons per coulomb and the position x is in meters.) What is the electric flux through the (a) top face, (b) bottom face, (c) left face, and (d) back face? (e) What is the net electric flux through the cube? [Ans.(a) -72 Nm2/C(b) 24 Nm2/C (c) -16 Nm2/C (d) 0 (e) -48 Nm2/C] 2.A point charge causes an electric flux of -103 Nm2/C to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of radius 10 cm centred on charge. (a) If the radius of the Gaussian surface were doubled, how much flux would pass through the surface? (b) What is the value of point charge?

3. In adjacent figure , a proton is a distance d/2 directly above the center of a square of side d. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square? [Ans.3.01 10-9 Nm2/C]

4.At each point on the surface of a cube electric field is parallel to z-axis. The length of the cube is 3.0 m. On the top face of the cube field is E = -34k N/C, and on the bottom face it is E = 20k N/C. Determine the net charge contained within the cube. [Ans. 4.3 10-9 C]

5. Adjacent Figure shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.00 m. It lies in a region where the non uniform electric field is given by E = (3.00x + 4.00)i + 6.00j + 7.00k N/C, with x in meters. What is the net charge contained by the cube? [Ans. 2.1310-10N/C]

6.A particle of charge +q is placed at one corner of a Gaussian cube. What multiple of q/0 gives the flux through (a) each cube face forming that corner and (b) each of the other cube faces? [Ans. (a) 0 (b) q/240] 7. An isolated conductor has net charge +1010 -6 C and a cavity with a point charge q = +3.010-6 C. What is the charge on (a) the cavity wall and (b) the outer surface? [Ans.(a) -3.010-6 C (b) 1.3 10-5 C] 8. A long, non conducting, solid cylinder of radius 4.0 cm has a non uniform volume charge density p that is a function of radial distance r from the cylinder axis: p = Ar2. For A = 2.5 C/m5, what is the magnitude of the electric field at (a) r = 3.0 cm and (b) r = 5.0 cm? [Ans.(a) 1.9N/C (b) 3.6N/C] 9.An electron is shot directly toward the centre of a large metal plate that has surface charge density -2.0 10-6 C/m2. If the initial kinetic energy of the electron is 1.60 10-17 J and if the electron is to stop (due to electrostatic repulsion from the plate) just as it reaches the plate, how far from the plate must the launch point be? [Ans. 4.410-4 m]

10. Two charged concentric spherical shells have radii 10.0 cm and 15.0 cm. The charge on the inner shell is 4.0010 -8 C, and that on the outer shell is 2.0010 -8 C. Find the electric field (a) at r = 12.0 cm and (b) at r = 20.0 cm. [Ans.(a) 2.5104N/C (b) 1.35104 N/C] 11.The volume charge density of a solid non conducting sphere of radius R = 5.60 cm varies with radial distance r as given by = 14.1r/R(in pC/m3). (a) What is the sphere's total charge? What is the field magnitude E at (b) r = 0, (c) r = R/2.00, and (d) r = R? (e) Graph E versus r. [Ans.(a) 7.78 10-15 C (b) 0 (c) 5.5810-3 N/C (d) 2.2310-2 N/C] 12. The electric field in a particular space is E = (x + 2)i N/C, with x in meters. Consider a cylindrical Gaussian surface of radius 20 cm that is coaxial with the x axis. One end of the cylinder is at x = 0. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the other end of the cylinder at x = 2.0 m? (b) What net charge is enclosed within the cylinder? [Ans.(a) 0.50 Nm2/C (b) 2.2 10-12 C] 13. Charge Q is uniformly distributed in a sphere of radius R. (a) What fraction of the charge is contained within the radius r = R/2.00? (b) What is the ratio of the electric field magnitude at r = R/2.00 to that on the surface of the sphere? [Ans.(a) 1/8 (b) 1/2] 14. Charge of uniform surface density 8.00 nC/m2 is distributed over an entire xy plane; charge of uniform surface density 3.00 nC/m2 is distributed over the parallel plane defined by z = 2.00 m. Determine the magnitude of the electric field at any point having a z coordinate of (a) 1.00 m and (b) 3.00 m. [Ans.(a) 2.82102 N/C (b) 6.21102 N/C]

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