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Part A What is the force felt by the electrons and the nuclei in the rod when the external

field described in the problem introduction is applied? (Ignore internal fields in the rod for the moment.) The nuclei experience a force to the right and the electrons experience a force to the left. Correct

Part B What is the motion of the negative electrons and positive atomic nuclei caused by the external field? The electrons move to the left and the nuclei are almost stationary. Correct

The nuclei of the atoms of a conducting solid remain almost in their places in the crystal lattice, while the electrons relatively move a lot. In an insulator, the electrons are constrained to stay with their atoms (or molecules), and at most, the charge distribution is displaced slightly. The motion of the electrons due to the external electric field constitutes an electric current. Since the negatively charged electrons are moving to the left, the current, which is defined as the "flow" of positive charge, moves to the right. Part C Imagine that the rightward current flows in the rod for a short time. As a result, what will the net charge on the right and left ends of the rod become? left end negative and right end positive Correct

Given that the positively charged nuclei do not move, why does the right end of the rod become positively charged? The reason is that some electrons have moved to the left end, leaving an excess of stationary nuclei at the right end. Part D The charge imbalance that results from this movement of charge will generate an additional electric field near the rod. In what direction will this field point? It will point to the left and oppose the initial applied field.Correct

An electric field that exists in an isolated conductor will cause a current flow. This flow sets up an electric field that opposes the original electric field, halting the motion of the

charges on a nanosecond time scale for meter-sized conductors. For this reason, an isolated conductor will have no static electric field inside it, and will have a reduced electric field near it. This conclusion does not apply to a conductor whose ends are connected to an external circuit. In a circuit, a rod (or wire) can conduct current indefinitely.

Charge Distribution on a Conductor with a Cavity

A Which of the figures best represents the charge distribution on the inner and outer walls of the conductor? 3Correct

Charge Distribution on a Conducting Shell 2 Which of the following figures best represents the charge distribution on the inner and outer walls of the shell? 1Correct

A Test Charge Determines Charge on Insulating and Conducting Balls Part A What is the nature of the force between balls A and B? strongly attractive Correct

Part B What is the nature of the force between balls A and C?

weakly attractive Correct

Recall that ball C is composed of insulating material, which can be polarized in the presence of an external charged object such as ball A. Once polarized, there will be a weak attraction between balls A and C, because the positive and negative charges in ball C are at slightly different average distances from ball A. Part C What is the nature of the force between balls A and D? attractive Correct

Part D What is the nature of the force between balls D and C? no force Correct

Because the test charge T is neither strongly attracted to nor repelled from ball C, ball C must have zero net charge. Since ball D also has zero net charge, there will not be any force between the two.

Coulomb's Law Tutorial Part A Consider two positively charged particles, one of charge origin, and another of charge force

(particle 0) fixed at the . What is the net

(particle 1) fixed on the y-axis at

on particle 0 due to particle 1? , , , , , and .

Express your answer (a vector) using any or all of , =(-k*q_0*q_1*y_unit)/(d_1)^2Correct

Part B

Now add a third, negatively charged, particle, whose charge is Particle 2 fixed on the y-axis at position from particle 1 and particle 2?

(particle 2).

. What is the new net force on particle 0, , , , , , , , and .

Express your answer (a vector) using any or all of ,

=(-k*q_0*q_1*y_unit)/(d_1)^2+(k*q_0*q_2*y_unit)/(d_2)^2Correct

Part C Particle 0 experiences a repulsion from particle 1 and an attraction toward particle 2. For certain values of and , the repulsion and attraction should balance each other, is there no net force on particle 0? , , . resulting in no net force. For what ratio =sqrt(q_1)/sqrt(q_2)Correct

Express your answer in terms of any or all of the following variables: ,

Part D Now add a fourth charged particle, particle 3, with positive charge plane at . What is the net force

, fixed in the yz-

on particle 0 due solely to this charge? , , , , , and . Include only the force

Express your answer (a vector) using , caused by particle 3.

=-k*q_0*q_3/(2*d_2^2)*(sqrt(2)/2)*(y_unit + z_unit)Correct

The Trajectory of a Charge in an Electric Field Part A Assume that the charge is emitted with velocity in the positive x direction. Between the origin and the screen, the charge travels through a constant electric field pointing in the positive y direction. What should the magnitude to hit the target on the screen? Express your answer in terms of , , , =(2*y_h*m*v_0^2)/(q*L^2)Correct of the electric field be if the charge is

, and .

Part B

Now assume that the charge is emitted with velocity in the positive y direction. Between the origin and the screen, the charge travels through a constant electric field pointing in the positive x direction. What should the magnitude the charge is to hit the target on the screen? Express your answer in terms of , , , , and . =2*L*m*v_0^2/(q*y_h^2)Correct of the electric field be if

The equations of motion for this part are identical to the equations of motion for the previous part, with and interchanged. Thus it is no surprise that the answers to the interchanged. two parts are also identical, with and Dipole Motion in a Uniform Field

Part A What is , the magnitude of the dipole's angular velocity when it is pointing along the y axis? Express your answer in terms of quantities given in the problem introduction. =sqrt((-q*D*E*cos(theta_0)+(q*D*E))/(0.5*I))Correct

Thus increases with increasing use the trigonometric identity

, as you would expect. An easier way to see this is to

to write Part B If

as

is small, the dipole will exhibit simple harmonic motion after it is released. What is

the period of the dipole's oscillations in this case? Express your answer in terms of and quantities given in the problem introduction. =2*pi/(sqrt(q*D*E/I))Correct

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