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Quiz 2 Solutions Spring 2008

The document provides solutions to Quiz 2 on electric fields. It can be summarized as: [1] For a conducting shell with total charge Q, the electric field D and E are radial. By Gauss' law, D = Q / (2πrL) from r = a to r = 4a. [2] The voltage drop V from r = a to r = 4a is used to relate Q, C, E1, and r. E1(r) = CV/6πεoLr for a < r < 2a. [3] At r = 2a, the polarization surface charge density ρPS = εoV/(

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Quiz 2 Solutions Spring 2008

The document provides solutions to Quiz 2 on electric fields. It can be summarized as: [1] For a conducting shell with total charge Q, the electric field D and E are radial. By Gauss' law, D = Q / (2πrL) from r = a to r = 4a. [2] The voltage drop V from r = a to r = 4a is used to relate Q, C, E1, and r. E1(r) = CV/6πεoLr for a < r < 2a. [3] At r = 2a, the polarization surface charge density ρPS = εoV/(

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Solutions to Quiz 2

By symmetry, the electric fields D and E are radial. Suppose a total charge Q is on the
inner conducting surface, then by Gauss’s Law,
D  2rL  Q
or
Q
D .
2rL

At a< r < 2a, let the electric field be E1, and D=3oE1. At 2a<r<4a, let the electric field be
E2, and D=oE2. From r=a to r=4a, the voltage drop is V, so

4a 2a 4a
 1  2a   2a   Q 4 
 ln 2 
Q 2Q
V   drE (r )   drE1 (r )   drE 2 (r )   ln   ln    ln(2)
a a 2a
2L o 3  a   a   2L o  3  3L o
and
Q 3 o L
C 
V 2 ln(2)
D Q 1 V
E1 (r )    CV  .
3 o 6 o Lr 6 o Lr 4 ln(2)r
2 2 Q 2 CV  oV
At r=2a, P  D   o E1  D   . Polarization surface
3 3 2 (2a ) L 3 4aL 4a ln(2)
 oV
charge density PS=P= .
4a ln(2)

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