Electrostatic Q&A
Electrostatic Q&A
Electrostatic Q&A
Assignment
How could you find out which strip of tape, the one pulled
off the desk or the one pulled off the back of the other tape,
is positively charged ?
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Rub a piece of hard plastic with wool. The plastic is
charged negatively. It will repel the negatively
charged strip of tape and attract the positively charged
one.
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Brass is a conductor. The electric charge flowed into
the ceiling instead of along the metal rod.
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If the new type is different from the other two types,
then it should repel (or attract) both positively and
negatively charged objects.
If you wipe a stereo record with a clean cloth, why does the
record now attract dust?
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Rubbing the record charges it. Neutral particles such
as dust are attracted to a charged object.
If you comb your hair on a dry day, the comb can become
positively charged. Can your hair remain neutral? Explain.
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conduction,
friction,
induction
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Without touching the conductor, bring it close to, but
not touching, the rod. Momentarily touch the side of
the conductor farthest from the rod. The conductor
will be charged by induction.
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The neutral spheres are initially attracted to the
charged rod and all acquire the same charge as the rod
when they touch it. subsequently, they are repelled
from each other and from the rod.
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+9.0 x 103 N
(a) yes
(b) The drops will be positive by induction.
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-1.1 x 108 N; the force is attractive.
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(The metal ball is neutral initially. It is attracted
toward the charged bell. When it hits, it becomes
charged. The ball is now repelled. It is now attracted
to the uncharged bell. It hits this bell, becomes
discharged, and starts up the process again.
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(The charge in the cloud repels electrons on Earth,
causing a charge separation by induction. The side of
Earth closest to the cloud is positive, resulting in an
attractive force.
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-1.6 x 104N
3.2 x 10-19C
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3.0 x 10-6C
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20 N
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83 N toward A;
83 N toward B
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-15,964 N
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5.6 x 102 N
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1.0 x10-5 N
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(a) 3.7 x 102 N,away
(b) 92 N, toward
(c) Refer to Problems and Solutions Manual for
diagram.
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(a) 14.4 N
(b) 1.17 x 10-35 N
(c)
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Two charges, q1, and q2, are at rest near a positive test
charge, q, of 7.2 x 10-6 C. The first charge, q1, is a positive
charge of 3.6 x 10-6 C, located 0.025 m away from q at 350;
q2 is a negative charge of -6.6 x 10-6 C, located 0.068 m
away at 1250.
(a) Determine the magnitude of each of the forces acting
on q.
(b) Sketch a force diagram.
(c) Graphically determine the resultant force acting on q.
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2.42 x 10-6 C
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4.3 x 10-5 N
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6.86 x 10-8 C
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250 electrons
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3206 N
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magnitude of wool's charge equals magnitude of rod's
charge; charge is conserved
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(a) 16 N
(b) attractive
(c) 2.7 x 1013 electrons
(d) 3.8 x 1013 electrons
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6.25 x 1019 electrons
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39.3 cm
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Because plastic, an insulator, does not easily conduct
charge
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7.16 x 10-9 N
q = 65.20
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Felectric = -8.2 x 10-8 N
Fg = 3.6 x 10-49 N
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21 N, along the negative x-axis
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(a) 13.0 N, 3 V below the positive x-axis
(b) 25 N, 780 above the negative x-axis
(c) 18 N, 750 below the positive x-axis
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opposite
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No; if a charged object induces a surface charge on
the suspended object, the two are attracted, but the
suspended object has no net charge.
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5.07 m
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35.2 cm from q1
(24.8 cm from q2)
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Three positive point charges of 3.0 nC, 6.0 nC, and 2.0 nC,
respectively, are arranged in a triangle, as shown in the
figure below. Find the magnitude and direction of the
electric force on the 6.0 nC charge.
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winter, because more charge can accumulate before
electric discharge occurs
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9.73 x 10-8 N
11.50 below the positive x-axis
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repulsion, because attraction can be the result of an
induced surface charge, but repulsion only occurs
when two objects each have a net charge
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y = 0.8 m from the zero point or 5.1 from one end
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4.8 x 10-6 C
In which direction will the electric force from the two equal
positive charges pull the negative charge shown in the
figure below?
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to the left
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7.17 x 10-9 C
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(a) Picture
(b) 1.28 x 10-8 N
450 above the positive x-axis
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2.0 x 10-6 C
366 mC
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2.25 x 10-9 N/m
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(a) 4.7 x 10-14 N
(b) 4.7 x 10-9 C
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6.8 x 103 electrons
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542
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3.77 x 10-20 N
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105 A charge of +2.00 x 10 C-9is placed at theorigin, and
another charge of +4 x 10 C is placed at x = 1.5 m. find
the point between these two charges where a charge of
+3.00 x 10-9C should be paced so that the net electric force
on it is zero.
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x = 0.64 m
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0.25
known. Its
103 Mycoplasma is the smallest living organism
mass has an estimated value of 1.0 x 10-16 g.
(a) If two specimens of this organism are placed 1.0 m
apart and one electron is placed on each, what is their initial
acceleration due to the electric force?
(b) If the medium through which the Allycoplasma move
exerts a resistive force on the organisms, how large must
that force be to balance the force of electrostatic repulsion?
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(a) 2.3 x 10-9 m/s2
(b) 2.3 x 10-28 N
1.39 m
107 The figure shows four identical conducting spheres that are
actually well separated from one another. Sphere W (with
an initial charge of zero) is touched to sphere A and then
they are separated. Next, sphere W is touched to sphere B
(with an initial charge of -32e) and then they are separated.
Finally, sphere W is touched to sphere C (with an initial
charge of +48e), and then they are separated. The final
charge on sphere W is +18e. What was the initial charge on
sphere A?
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(a) (0.829 N)i ;
(b) (-0.621 N)j
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-5.1 m
109 How far apart must two protons be if the magnitude of the
electrostatic force acting on either one due to the other is
equal to the magnitude of the gravitational force on a proton
at Earth's surface?
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11.9 cm
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6kq2/d2 , leftward
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3, 1, 2, 4 (zero)
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a and d tie, then b and c tie
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2kq2/r2 , up the page
(a) neutral;
(b) negatively
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115 The nucleus in an iron atom has a radius of about 4.0 x 10
m and contains 26 protons.
(a) What is the magnitude of the repulsive electrostatic
force between two of the protons that are separated by 4.0 x
10-15 m?
(b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force
between those same two protons?
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