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Problems
1
A proton and an alpha particle, which has twice the charge and four times the mass of the proton, are each
accelerated through the same potential difference and enter a region of constant magnetic field perpendicular
to their paths. (a) What is the ratio of the radii of their orbits? (b) What is the ratio of the frequencies of their
orbits?
2
One electron collides elastically with a second electron initially at rest. After the collision, the radii of
their trajectories are 1 cm and 2.4 cm. The trajectories are perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of
magnitude 0.044 T. Determine the energy (in keV) of the incident electron.
3
The magnetic field of the Earth at a certain location is directed vertically downward and has a
magnitude of 50 T. A proton is moving horizontally toward the west in this field with a speed of
6.2∙106 m/s.
(a) What are the direction and magnitude of the magnetic force the field exerts on this charge?
(b) What is the radius of the circular arc followed by this proton?
4
A velocity selector consists of electric and magnetic fields described by the expressions E=E∙k and B=B∙j,
with B = 15 mT. Find the value of E such that a 750-eV electron moving along the positive x axis is
undeflected.
5
A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.150 T is directed along the positive x axis. A positron moving
at 5 * 106 m/s enters the field along a direction that makes an angle of 85° with the x axis. The motion of
the particle is a helix (see the picture below). Calculate the pitch p and the radius r of the trajectory.
6
A conductor suspended by two flexible wires as shown in Figure below has a mass per unit length of
0.04 kg/m. What current must exist in the conductor in order for the tension in the supporting wires
to be zero when the magnetic field is 3.6 T into the page? What is the required direction for the current?
7
A 0.200-kg metal rod carrying a current of 10.0 A glides on two horizontal rails 0.500 m apart. What vertical
magnetic field is required to keep the rod moving at a constant speed if the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the rod and rails is 0.1?
8
A rod of mass m and radius R rests on two parallel rails that are a distance d apart and have a length L.
The rod carries a current I (in the direction shown in a figure) and rolls along the rails without slipping. A
uniform magnetic field B is directed perpendicular to the rod and the rails. If it starts from rest, what is
the speed of the rod as it leaves the rails?
9
A wire having a linear mass density of 1 g/cm is placed on a horizontal surface that has a coefficient
of kinetic friction of 0.2. The wire carries a current of 1.5 A toward the east and slides horizontally to the
north. What are the magnitude and direction of the smallest magnetic field that enables the wire to
move in this fashion?
Magnetic Moment
10
A current of 17.0 mA is maintained in a single circular loop of 2 m circumference. A magnetic field is of
0.8 T is at angle of 30 to the normal of the loop.
(a) Calculate the magnetic moment of the loop.
(b) What is the magnitude of the torque exerted by the magnetic field on the loop?
11
A 40-cm length of wire carries a current of 20 A. It is bent into a loop and placed with its normal at angle
of 30 to a magnetic field with a magnitude of 0.520 T. What is the torque on the loop if it is bent into
(a) an equilateral triangle,
(b) a square,
(c) a circle,
(d) which torque is greatest?
12
(a) A conductor in the shape of a square loop of edge length l= 0.4 m carries a current I=10 A as
in Fig. Below. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the center of the square.
(b) If this conductor is formed into a single circular turn and
carries the same current, what is the value of the magnetic field at the center?
13
Determine the magnetic field at a point P located at a distance x from the corner of an infinitely long
wire bent at a right angle. The wire carries a steady current I.
14
Three long wires (wire 1, wire 2, and wire 3) hang vertically. The distance between wire 1 and wire 2 is
20 cm. On the left, wire 1 carries an upward current of 1.50 A. To the right, wire 2 carries a downward
current of 4.00 A. Wire 3 is located such that when it carries a certain current, each wire experiences
no net force. Find
(a) the position of wire 3, and
(b) the magnitude and direction of the current in wire 3.
Magnetic Flux
15
Consider the hemispherical closed surface. The hemisphere is in a uniform magnetic field that makes
an angle with the vertical. Calculate the magnetic flux through
(a) the flat surface S1
(b) the hemispherical surface S2.
Induction
16
A magnetic field that changes with time but is uniform in space is directed along the x-axis. A conducting
ring of diameter 7 cm and resistance 1.5∙10-3 Ohm is placed in the yz-plane. If the current in the ring is 2 A,
how fast is the magnetic field changing?
17
The magnetic field in a region is uniform. It varies with time as shown in Figure below . Plot the current
through a ring that has an area of 14 cm2 and a resistance of 0.02 Ohm, and whose plane is perpendicular to
the magnetic field.
18
A rod 10 cm long lying in the xy-plane pivots with angular speed 100 rad/s counterclockwise about the
origin. If the measured emf across the rod is 100 mV, what is the magnetic field?
19
A helicopter has blades of length 3.00 m, extending out from a central hub and rotating at 2.00 rev/s. If
the vertical component of the Earth’s magnetic field is 50.0 T, what is the emf induced between the
blade tip and the center hub?
20
A magnetic field of 0.2 T exists within a solenoid of 500 turns and a diameter of 10 cm. How rapidly
(that is, within what period of time) must the field be reduced to zero, if the average induced emf within
the coil during this time interval is to be 10.0 kV?
21
A coil of 15 turns and radius 10 cm surrounds a long solenoid of radius 2 cm and 103 turns/meter.
The current in the solenoid changes as I = (5.00 A) sin(120t). Find the induced emf in the 15-turn
coil as a function of time
22
Consider the arrangement shown in figure below. Assume that R = 6 , l= 1.2 m, and a uniform 2.50-T
magnetic field is directed into the page. At what speed should the bar be moved to produce a current of
0.5 A in the resistor?
23
The bar magnet is moved toward the loop. Is Va - Vb positive, negative, or zero? Explain.