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Consider a thin plastic rod bent into a semicircular arc of radius Rwith center at the origin (Figure 15.57). The rod carries a uniformly distributed negative charge -Q.

(a) Determine the electric field E→at the origin contributed by the rod. Include carefully labeled diagrams, and be sure to check your result. (b) An ion with charge -2eand mass is placed at rest at the origin. After a very short time ∆tthe ion has moved only a very short distance but has acquired some momentum .P→Calculate P→.

Short Answer

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a) The electric field is 2KQÏ€R2pointing in left direction.

b) The momentum of the ion is 2KqQÏ€R2dt.

Step by step solution

01

Identification of given data

The given data can be listed below,

  • The charge on the rod is,-Q.
  • The charge on an ion is,-2e=3.2×10-19C
  • The mass of an ion is,M
02

Concept/Significance of momentum.

One of physics' two most basic ideas is momentum. Unless acted on by force, momentum is a characteristic that remains constant. A force is created by a change in motion. Thus, motion and force are inextricably linked.

03

(a) Determination of the electric field E→at the origin contributed by the rod.

The arc is divided into infinitesimal arc with angle θ with y axis.

dQ=Qπdθ

Here,Q is the total charge and π is the angle in radian.

Taking all infinitesimal arcs as point charges electric field is given by,

dE=KdQr2r^

Here, K is the coulomb constant,r^is the unit vector and r is the position of point charge.

The position vector is given by,

r→=0,0,0-Rsinθ,Rcosθ,0=Rsinθ,Rcosθ,0

The magnitude of the position vector is given by,

r→=-Rsinθ2+-Rcosθ2=R

The unit vector is given by,

r^=-Rsinθ,-Rcosθ,0R=-sinθ,-cosθ,0

Substitute all the values in the electric field equation.

dE=KQπdθ-sinθ-cosθ,0R2

The components of the electric field in x and y-direction is given by,

dEx=KQπR2-sinθdθdEy=KQπR2-cosθdθ

The values of the above-mentioned components are calculated by integrating both sides of the equation so, for the x component of electric field is given by,

Ex=KQπR2∫0π-sinθdθ=KQπR2(cos0π=KQπR2-2=-KQπR2

Similarly,

role="math" localid="1656930167161" Ey=KQπR2∫0π-cosθdθ=KQπR2(sin0π=0

The left upper part of the arc has a component of electric field in y-direction which have same magnitude as the lower part of the arc but opposite in direction, they will cancel each other thus, the net electric field at origin with only x-direction.

Thus, the electric field is 2KQÏ€R2pointing in left direction.

04

(b) Determination of themomentum p→.

The force exerted on the charged ion due to the electric field of the charged semicircle is given by,

F=qE …(¾±)

The force is mass times acceleration; thus equation (i) can be written as,

Ma=qE …(¾±¾±)

Here,ais the acceleration, m is the mass of ion, q is the charge on ion and E is the magnitude of electric field

The acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity which can be given by,

a=dvdt.

Substitute all the values in equation (ii).

Mdvdt=q2KQÏ€R2Mdv=2KQÏ€R2dtp=2KQÏ€R2dt

Thus, the momentum of the ion is2KQÏ€R2dt .

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