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Chapter 23
1 a
Electric field strength due to first sphere,
E1 =
6
Q1
2.010
2=
12
2
40r
48.8510 (0.25)
6
6
Q1 Q2
1.010 2.010
2=
12
2
40r
48.8510 (0.50)
= 0.072N
The minus sign indicates a force of attraction.
c In part a, we calculated the electric field due
to the first sphere at 25cm from its centre
(which is also the midpoint between the two
spheres).
Electric field strength due to second sphere
6
Q
1.010
E2 = 2 2 =
12
2
40r
48.8510 (0.25)
Q
2
2 to find charge Q = 40r E
40r
Q2
2 to give charge
40r
Q = 40r2V
= 48.851012(0.10)2100000
= 1.1106C
Treating charge on the sphere as
concentrated at a point in the centre of the
sphere, potential
V=
6
Q2
1.110
2=
12
2 = 25kV
40r
48.8510 (0.20)
5 a
Work done in uniform field = QV so
E H, 5kJ; E F, 2.5kJ; F G, 0J; H E, 5kJ
b i E H, 5kJ; E F, 2.5kJ; F G, 0J;
H E, +5kJ
ii E H, 10kJ; E F, 5kJ; F G, 0J;
H E, 10kJ
6 Electrostatic force FE =
2
Q1 Q2
2
40r
(+1.61019)
12
1 2 = 230N
48.8510 (1.010 5)
Gravitational force FG = GMm
2
r
11
27 2
) = 1.91034N
= 6.6710 (1.6710
15 2
(1.010 )
= 48.851012(0.20)24.0106
= 1.8105C
3 a
Electrical potential energy
W = QV = +1 potential difference.
So at different positions in the uniform field,
electrical potential energy is
A, 0J; B, 2kJ;
C, 1kJ
(C is halfway between A, 0V and B, +2kV);
D,1.5kJ (D is halfway between C, +1kV and B,
+2kV).
Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics Cambridge University Press 2014