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Electric Charge and Fields

1. The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge is 0.4 µC due


to another small sphere of charge –0.8 µC in the air is 0.2 N.
(a) What is the distance between the two spheres?
(b) What is the force on the second sphere due to the first?
2. (i) Two insulated charged copper spheres, A and B, have their
centres separated by a distance of 50 cm. What is the mutual
force of electrostatic repulsion if the charge on each is
6.5 × 10-7 ? The radii of A and B are negligible compared to the
distance of separation.
(ii) What is the force of repulsion if each sphere is charged double
the above amount, and the distance between them is halved?
3. Consider a uniform electric field E = 3 × 103î N/C.
(a) What is the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a side
whose plane is parallel to the y z – plane?
(b) What is the flux through the same square if the normal to its
plane makes a 60 ° angle with the x-axis?
4. A point charge + 10 μC is at a distance 5 cm directly above the
centre of a square of side 10 cm, as shown in fig ..What is the
magnitude of the electric flux through the square?

5. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a


surface charge density of 80.0 μC /m2
(a) Find the charge on the sphere.
(b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
1. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 x
10-7C distributed uniformly on its surface. What is the
electric field
(1) inside the sphere?
(2) just outside the sphere?
(3) at a point 18 cm from the centre of the sphere?
2. Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF and 4 pF are
connected in parallel.
(1) What is the total capacitance of the combination?
(2) Determine the charge on each capacitor if the
combination is connected to a 100 V supply.
3. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each
plate has an area of 6 x 10-3 m2 and the distance between the
plates is 3 mm. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If
this capacitor is connected to a 100 V supply, what is the
charge on each plate of the capacitor?
4. A 12pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much
electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor?
5. A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is then
disconnected from the supply and connected to another
uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy
is lost in the process?
Duel Nature of Radiation and Matter
1. The work function of caesium metal is 2.14 eV. When the light of
frequency 6 × 1014Hz is incident on the metal surface,
photoemission of electrons occurs. Find the following:
(a) The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons
(b) Stopping potential
(c) The maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons
2. A 100 W sodium lamp radiates energy uniformly in all directions.
The lamp is located at the centre of a large sphere that absorbs all
the sodium light which is incident on it. The wavelength of sodium
light is 589 nm.
(a) What is the energy per photon associated with sodium light?
(b) At what rate are the photons delivered to the sphere?
3. The threshold frequency for a certain metal is 3.3 x 1014 Hz. If the
light of frequency 8.2 x 1014 Hz is incident on the metal, predict
the cut-off voltage for the photoelectric emission.
4. What is the de Broglie wavelength of:
(a) a bullet of mass 0.040 kg travelling at the speed of 1.0 km/s,
(b) a ball of mass 0.060 kg moving at a speed of 1.0 m/s, and
(c) a dust particle of mass 1.0 × 10-9 kg drifting with a speed of 2.2
m/s?
5. An electron and a photon each have a wavelength of 1.00 nm. Find
the following:
(a) Momenta
(b) The energy of the photon
(c) The kinetic energy of the electron
Atoms
1. A hydrogen atom initially in the ground level absorbs a
photon, which excites it to the n = 4 level. Determine the
wavelength and frequency of the photon.
2. (a) Using Bohr’s model, calculate the speed of the electron in
a hydrogen atom in the n = 1, 2, and 3 levels.
(b) Calculate the orbital period in each of these levels.
3. The radius of the innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen
atom is 5.3×10-11 m. What are the radii of the n = 2 and n = 3
orbits?
4. In accordance with Bohr’s model, find the quantum number
that characterises the Earth’s revolution around the Sun in
an orbit of radius 3 × 1011 m with orbital speed 3 × 104 m/s.
(Mass of earth = 6.0 × 1024kg.)
5. A difference of 2.3 eV separates two energy levels in an
atom. What is the frequency of radiation emitted when the
atom makes a transition from the upper level to the lower
level?

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