Chapter 7: Q24P (page 327)
Find the self-inductance per unit length of a long solenoid, of radius R , carrying n turns per unit length.
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The self-inductance per unit length of the solenoid is .
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Chapter 7: Q24P (page 327)
Find the self-inductance per unit length of a long solenoid, of radius R , carrying n turns per unit length.
The self-inductance per unit length of the solenoid is .
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In a perfect conductor, the conductivity is infinite, so (Eq. 7.3), and any net charge resides on the surface (just as it does for an imperfect conductor, in electrostatics).
(a) Show that the magnetic field is constant , inside a perfect conductor.
(b) Show that the magnetic flux through a perfectly conducting loop is constant.
A superconductor is a perfect conductor with the additional property that the (constant) B inside is in fact zero. (This "flux exclusion" is known as the Meissner effect.)
(c) Show that the current in a superconductor is confined to the surface.
(d) Superconductivity is lost above a certain critical temperature , which varies from one material to another. Suppose you had a sphere (radius ) above its critical temperature, and you held it in a uniform magnetic field while cooling it below . Find the induced surface current density K, as a function of the polar angle.
A square loop, side a , resistance R , lies a distance from an infinite straight wire that carries current l (Fig. 7.29). Now someone cuts the wire, so l drops to zero. In what direction does the induced current in the square loop flow, and what total charge passes a given point in the loop during the time this current flows? If you don't like the scissors model, turn the current down gradually:

Suppose the conductivity of the material separating the cylinders in Ex. 7.2 is not uniform; specifically, , for some constant . Find the resistance between the cylinders. [Hint: Because a is a function of position, Eq. 7.5 does not hold, the charge density is not zero in the resistive medium, and E does not go like 1/s. But we do know that for steady currents is the same across each cylindrical surface. Take it from there.]
Prove Alfven's theorem: In a perfectly conducting fluid (say, a gas of free electrons), the magnetic flux through any closed loop moving with the fluid is constant in time. (The magnetic field lines are, as it were, "frozen" into the fluid.)
(a) Use Ohm's law, in the form of Eq. 7.2, together with Faraday's law, to prove that if and is J finite, then
(b) Let S be the surface bounded by the loop at time t , and a surface bounded by the loop in its new position at time t+dt (see Fig. 7.58). The change in flux is
Use to show that
(Where R is the "ribbon" joining P and P' ), and hence that
(For infinitesimal dt ). Use the method of Sect. 7.1.3 to rewrite the second integral as
And invoke Stokes' theorem to conclude that
Together with the result in (a), this proves the theorem.
(a) Two metal objects are embedded in weakly conducting material of conductivity (Fig. 7 .6). Show that the resistance between them is related to the capacitance of the arrangement by
(b) Suppose you connected a battery between 1 and 2, and charged them up to a potential difference. If you then disconnect the battery, the charge will gradually leak off. Show that, and find the time constant,, in terms of and .

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