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CHANCELLOR COLLEGE

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

TUTORIAL 1

Electric Charge and Fields

1. Three charged particles are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side
1.2 m. The charges are +4.0 µC, -8 µC and -6 µC as shown in the Figure below.
Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force on each due to the other two.
Answers:𝑭𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟑 𝑵, 𝜽𝟏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟓°, 𝑭𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟔 𝑵, 𝜽𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑𝟗°, 𝑭𝟑 =
𝟎. 𝟐𝟔 𝑵, 𝜽𝟑 = 𝟑𝟎°

2. A large electroscope is made with leaves that are 78-cm long wires with tiny 24 g
spheres at the ends. When charged, nearly all the charge resides on the sphere. If
the wires each make a 30⸰ with the vertical as shown in the Figure below, what total
charge Q must have been applied to the electroscope. (Assume the ropes have
negligible mass). Answer:

3. An electron (mass 𝑚 = 9.11 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔) is accelerated in a uniform electric field


⃗𝑬 (𝐸 = 1.45 × 104 𝑁/𝐶) between two parallel charged plates. The separation of
the plates is 1.10 cm. The electron is accelerated from rest near the negative plate
and passes through a tiny hole in the positive plate as shown below.

a. With what speed does it leave the hole? Answer: 𝒗 = 𝟕. 𝟒𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎𝟔 𝒎/𝒔
b. Show that the gravitational force can be ignored
⃗ ) at the origin, point O.
4. In the Figure below, determine the electric field (𝑬

√𝟑 𝒌𝑸
Answer: 𝑬 = ,𝜽 = 𝟐𝟒𝟎°
𝒍𝟐
Gauss’s Law

5. A flat circle of radius 18 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of magnitude 5.8 ×


102 𝑁/𝐶. What is the electric flux through the circle when its face is;
a. Perpendicular to the field lines
b. At 45⸰ to the field lines
c. Parallel to the field lines

6. The electric field between two square metal plates is 130 N/C. The plates are 1.0
m on a side and are separated by 3.0 cm. What is the charge on each plate ?Assume
equal and opposite
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy

7. Given the diagram below. Calculate the;


a. Electric potential at point A, Answer: 𝑽𝑨 = 𝟕. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝑽
b. Electric Potential at point B, Answer: 𝑽𝑩 = 𝟎

8. What minimum work must be done by an external force to bring a charge q =


3.00µC from a great distance away (take r = ∞) to a point 0.500 m from a charge Q
= 20.00 µC.
Answer: W=1.08 J

9. Two identical +95.00 µC point charges are initially 3.5 cm apart. If they are
released at the same instant from rest, how fast will they be moving if they are very
far away from each other? Assume they have identical masses of 1.00 mg.

Answer: 𝒗 = 𝟒. 𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝒎/𝒔


Capacitance

10. A huge 4.0-F capacitor has enough stored energy to heat 2.5 kg of water from 21

to 95⸰C. What is the potential difference across the plates? Answer: V= 620 V

11. Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of 9.00 pF when connected in

parallel and an equivalent capacitance of 2.00 pF when connected in series. What

is the capacitance of each capacitor? Answer: C= 3 pF and 6 Pf

12. An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 7.60 cm2,

separated by a distance of 1.80 mm. A 20.0-V potential difference is applied to

these plates. Calculate the

a. Electric field between the plates,

b. Capacitance, and

c. Charge on each plate.

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