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A silver wire has resistivityÒÏ=1.62×10-8Ωmand a cross-sectional area of5.00mm2. The current in the wire is uniform and changing at the rate of2000A/swhen the current is100A. (a)What is the magnitude of the (uniform) electric field in the wire when the current in the wire is100A? (b)What is the displacement current in the wire at that time? (c) What is the ratio of the magnitude of the magnetic field due to the displacement current to that due to the current at a distancerfrom the wire?

Short Answer

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(a) The magnitude of the electric field in the wire isE=0.324V/m

(b) The displacement current isid=2.87×10-16A

(c) The ratio of the magnetic field due to displacement current to the due to current is2.87×10-18.

Step by step solution

01

The given data

a) Resistivity of the silver wire,ÒÏ=1.62×10-8Ω.m

b) Cross-sectional Area of the silver wire,

A=5.0mm2×1m2106mm2=5.0×10-6m2

c) Rate of change in current in the wire,didt=2000A/s

d) Current of silver wire,i=100A.

02

Understanding the concept of fictitious current

Before charging and after charging a conductor or a capacitor, the plates will not have any magnetic field induced in the system. But when the plates are kept under a constant current flow, it induces a magnetic field in the area of the given region. This induced current is called the displacement current. The current induced consists of both real and fictitious current values. The value of the fictitious current is given by using Maxwell's equations that describe that the current magnitude is proportional to the change in the electric flux or the change in the electric field of the region.

Formulae:

The electric field due to current flowing in the wire, E=ÒÏJ (i)

where,ÒÏis the resistivity of the material,Jis the current density of the wire.

The current density of the wire,J=i/A (ii)

where,is the amount of the current flow through the wire,is the cross-sectional area of the wire.

The displacement current due to the change in the electric field,

id=ε0AdEdt (iii)

Where, E0=8.85×10-12C2/N.m2is the permittivity in vacuum,A is the cross-sectional area of the wire, dEdtis the rate of change in the electric field.

03

(a) Determining themagnitude of the electric field in the wire

Substituting the given values and equation (ii) in equation (i), the magnitude of the electric field can be given as follows:

E=ÒÏiA=1.62×10-8Ω.m100A5.0×10-6m2=0.324V/m

Hence, the magnitude of the electric field in wire is E=0.324V/m.

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(b) Determining the displacement current

The value of the displacement current flowing in the wire is given using the above electric field value with the given data substituted in equation (iii) as follows:

id=ε0AddtÒÏiA∵From part (a),E=ÒÏiA=ε0ÒÏdidt=8.85×10-12C2/N.m21.62×10-8Ω.m2000A/s=2.87×10-16A

Hence, the displacement current is id=2.87×10-16A.

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(c) Determining the ratio of the magnetic field due to displacement current to the due to the current

The ratio of the magnitude of the magnetic field due to the displacement current to that due to the current at a distance r from the wire can be given using the values in part (b) and the given current value as follows:

BduetoidBduetoi=idi=2.87×10-16A100A=2.87×10-18

Therefore, the ratio of the magnetic field due to displacement current to the due to current is 2.87×10-18.

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