Chapter 14: Q27P (page 580)
You rub a plastic comb through your hair and it now carries a charge of . What is the charge on your hair?
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Chapter 14: Q27P (page 580)
You rub a plastic comb through your hair and it now carries a charge of . What is the charge on your hair?
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Figure 14.69 shows a neutral, solid piece of metal placed near two points charges. Copy this diagram.
(a) On your diagram, show the polarization of the piece of metal.
(b) Then, at location A inside the solid piece of metal, carefully draw and label three vectors: (1) , the electric field due to ; (2) , the electric field due to ; (3) , the electric field due to all of the charges on the metal.
(c) Explain briefly why you drew the vectors the way you did.

A large positive charge pulls on a distant electron. How does the net force on the electron change if a slab of glass is inserted between the large positive charge and the electron? Does the net force get bigger, smaller, or stay the same? Explain, using only labeled diagrams. (Be sure to show all the forces on the electron before determining the net force on the electron, not just the force exerted by the large positive charge. Remember that the part of the net force on the electron contributed by the large positive charge does not change when the glass is inserted: the electric interaction extends through matter.)
(a) Which of the diagrams () in Figure correctly displays the polarization of a metal sphere by an electric field that points to the left, using the conventions discussed in this chapter? (b) Which of the diagrams () in Figurecorrectly displays the polarization of a plastic sphere by an electric field that points to the left, using the conventions discussed in this chapter?
A carbon atom is composed of 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. What is the net charge of this atom? A neutral chlorine atom contains 17 protons and 17 electrons. When a chlorine atom gains one extra electron, it becomes a chloride ion. What is the net charge of a chloride ion?
An electric field is applied to a solution containing bromide ions. As a result, the ions move through the solution with an average drift speed of . The mobility of bromide ions in solution is . What is the magnitude of the net electric field inside the solution?
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