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    COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

    Syracuse University, Dept. of Physics

    August 17-18, 2019


    Room 204, Physics Building

    August 17, 2-4P:

    I. Mechanics
    II. Electricity and magnetism

    August 18, 2-4P:

    III. Thermal physics


    IV. Modern physics

    A calculator is allowed—no books or notes

    Write your answers in the blue books (provided)

    Hand in your blue books and this packet when you are finished

    1
    TABLE OF CONSTANTS

    Constants:

    Speed of light c = 2.998 × 108 m/s

    Permittivity of free space ε0 = 8.854 × 10-12 F/m

    Permeability of free space μ0 = 4π × 10-7 H/m

    Reduced Planck constant h/2π = 1.055 × 10-34 J s = 6.582 × 10-16 eV s

    Gravitational constant G = 6.673 × 10-11 m3/(kg s2)

    Standard gravity g = 9.81 m/s

    Boltzmann constant k = 1.381 × 10-23 J/K = 8.617 × 10-5 eV/K

    Ideal gas constant R = 8.314 J/(mol K)

    Electron mass energy mec2 = 0.511 MeV

    Elementary charge e = 1.602 × 10-19 C

    Fine structure constant α = 1/137.036

    Conversions:

    Temperature 0 ◦C = 273.15 K

    Avogadro’s number 6.022 × 1023 /mol

    2
    MECHANICS

    1. A 4.0 kg block starts up a 30° incline with 128 J of kinetic energy. How far will it
    slide up the incline if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the
    incline is 0.3?

    2. A spring with sprint constant 275 N/m is attached to a 53.0 kg piece of uniform
    metal. The system is in mechanical equilibrium as shown. How much has the
    spring been stretched?

    3. A pendulum passes x=0 with a speed of 0.5 m/s; it swings out to A=0.2 m. What is
    the period T of the pendulum?

    4. Three blocks are connected and pulled to the right on a horizontal, frictionless
    table by a force of magnitude T=65.0 N, as shown below. The masses of the
    blocks are: m1 = 12 kg, m2 = 24 kg, and m3 = 31 kg. Calculate:
    a.) the acceleration of the system and
    b.) the tensions T1 and T2.

    3
    ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

    1. A conductor is made in the form of a hollow cylinder with inner and outer radii a
    and b, respectively. It carries a current I, uniformly distributed over its cross
    section. Derive expressions for the magnitude of the magnetic field in the regions:
    a.) r < a
    b.) a < r < b
    c.) r > b

    2. An RLC circuit has L = 12 mH, C = 1.6 μF, and R = 1.5 Ω.


    a.) At what time t will the amplitude of the charge oscillation in the circuit be
    50% of its initial value?
    b.) How many oscillations are completed in this time?

    3. A long straight wire carries constant current I, as shown in the picture below. A
    metal bar of length L moves at constant velocity v in the direction of the wire.
    a.) Calculate the emf induced in the bar.
    b.) Which point, a or b, is at higher potential?

    4. An isolated charged conducting sphere of radius 12 cm creates an electric field of


    4.9 × 104 N/C at a distance of 21 cm from its center.
    a.) What is the surface charge density?
    b.) What is its capacitance?

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