Chapter 26: Q. 2 (page 737)
What is the potential difference between and in the uniform electric field ?
Short Answer
The potential difference is
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Chapter 26: Q. 2 (page 737)
What is the potential difference between and in the uniform electric field ?
The potential difference is
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a. Find an expression for the capacitance of a spherical capacitor, consisting of concentric spherical shells of radii (inner shell) and (outer shell).
b. A spherical capacitor with a gap between the shells has a capacitance of . What are the diameters of the two spheres?
An electric dipole at the origin consists of two charges q spaced apart along the y-axis.
a. Find an expression for the potential V(x, y) at an arbitrary point in the xy-plane. Your answer will be in terms of q, s, x, and y.
b. Use the binomial approximation to simplify your result from part a when s V x and s V y.
c. Assuming s V x and y, find expressions for Ex and Ey, the components of E u for a dipole.
d. What is the on-axis field E? Does your result agree with Equation 23.10?
e. What is the field E u on the bisecting axis? Does your result agree with Equation 23.11?
The two metal spheres in Figure Q26.9 are connected by a metal wire with a switch in the middle. Initially the switch is open. Sphere 1, with the larger radius, is given a positive charge. Sphere 2, with the smaller radius, is neutral. Then the switch is closed. Afterward, sphere 1 has charge , is at potential , and the electric field strength at its surface is . The values for sphere 2 are .

a. Is larger than, smaller than, or equal to ? Explain.
b. Is larger than, smaller than, or equal to ? Explain.
c. Is larger than, smaller than, or equal to ? Explain.
The electric potential is at point A near a uniformly charged sphere. At point B, farther away from the sphere, the potential has decreased by 0.16 mV. How far is point A from the center of the sphere?
An infinitely long cylinder of radius has linear charge density . The potential on the surface of the cylinder is, and the electric field outside the cylinder is localid="1648568519666" . Find the potential relative to the surface at a point that is distance r from the axis, assuming localid="1648568540457" .
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