24.78: a) For a normal spherical capacitor: C0  4πε0  .

Here we have, in
ra rb
rb  ra
effect, two parallel capacitors, C L and CU .
KC 0  rr  C  rr 
CL   2K 0  a b  and CU  0  2 0  a b .
2  rb  ra  2  rb  ra 
 b) Using a hemispherical Gaussian surface for each respective half:
4πr 2 QL QL 4πr 2 QU QU
EL   EL  and EU   EU  .
2 Kε0 2πKε0 r 2
2 ε0 2πε0 r 2
But Q L  VC L and QU  VCU , QL  QU  Q.
VC0 K Q KQ
So: QL  2
 KQU  QU (1  K )  Q  QU 
1 K
and QL 
1 K
.
KQ 1 2 Q Q 1 2 Q
 EL   2 and
EU   .
1  K 2πKε0 r 2
1  K 4πε0 r 1  K 2πKε0 r 2
1  K 4πKε0 r 2
c) The free charge density on upper and lower hemispheres are:
QU Q Qu Q
(σ f r )U  2
 2 and (σ f ra )U  2
 2
.
a
4πra 4πra (1  K ) 4πrb 4πrb (1  K )
QL KQ QL KQ
(σ f rs ) L  2
 2 and (σ f ra ) L  2
 2
.
4πra 4πra (1  K ) 4πrb 4πrb (1  K )
( K  1) Q K K1 Q
 d)  σ i ra  σ f ra (1  1 K )   .
4πra K  1 K  1 4πra
2 2
K
( K  1) Q K K1 Q
σ i rb  σ f rb (1  1 K )   .
4πra K  1 K  1 4πrb
2 2
K
e) There is zero bound charge on the flat surface of the dielectric-air interface, or else
that would imply a circumferential electric field, or that the electric field changed as we
went around the sphere.