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Calculating Flux for Hemispheres of Different Radii

Learning Goal: To understand the definition of electric flux, and how to calculate it. Flux is the amount of a vector field that "flows" through a surface. We now discuss the electric flux through a surface (a quantity needed in Gauss's law): differential area element , and , where is the flux through a surface with

is the electric field in which the surface lies. There are several important

points to consider in this expression: It is an integral over a surface, involving the electric field at the surface. is a vector with magnitude equal to the area of an infinitesmal surface element and pointing in a direction normal (and usually outward) to the infinitesmal surface element. The scalar (dot) product implies that only the component of normal to the surface contributes to the integral. That is, , where is the angle between and . , so that the dot

When you compute flux, try to pick a surface that is either parallel or perpendicular to product is easy to compute. Two hemispherical surfaces, 1 and 2, of respective radii and , are centered at a point charge and are facing each other so that their edges define an annular ring (surface 3), as shown. The field at position due to the point charge is:

where direction.

is a constant proportional to the charge, , and is the unit vector in the radial

Part A What is the electric flux Hint A.1 through the annular ring, surface 3?

Apply the definition of electric flux Hint not displayed

Express your answer in terms of

, and any constants.

ANSWER:

= Answer not displayed

Part B What is the electric flux Hint B.1 through surface 1?

Apply the definition of electric flux Hint not displayed

Hint B.2

Find the area of surface 1 Hint not displayed

Express ANSWER:

in terms of

, and any needed constants.

= Answer not displayed

Part C What is the electric flux Hint C.1 passing outward through surface 2?

Apply the definition of electric flux Hint not displayed

Hint C.2

Find the area of surface 2 Hint not displayed

Express ANSWER:

in terms of

, and any constants or other known quantities.

= Answer not displayed

Gauss's Law
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning of the variables in Gauss's law, and the conditions under which the law is applicable. Gauss's law is usually written

where Part A

is the permittivity of vacuum.

How should the integral in Gauss's law be evaluated?

ANSWER:

around the perimeter of a closed loop over the surface bounded by a closed loop over a closed surface Answer not displayed

Part B Part not displayed

Exercise 22.3
You measure an electric field of 1.3710 6 Part A What is the electric flux through a sphere at that distance from the charge? ANSWER: = Answer not displayed at a distance of 0.168 from a point charge.

Part B What is the magnitude of the charge? ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Exercise 22.4
A cube has sides of length = 0.350 . It is placed with one corner at the origin as shown in the figure . The electric field is not uniform but is given by -4.01 2.14 .

Part A

Find the electric flux through each of the six cube faces Enter your answers in ascending order separated by commas. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

, and

Part B Find the total electric charge inside the cube. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Flux out of a Cube

A point charge of magnitude Part A What is the electric flux Hint A.1 through each of the six faces of the cube? is at the center of a cube with sides of length .

How to approach the problem Hint not displayed

Hint A.2

Calculate the total electric flux Hint not displayed

Hint A.3

Flux through a face Hint not displayed

Use

for the permittivity of free space. = Answer not displayed

ANSWER:

Part B What would be the flux Hint B.1 through a face of the cube if its sides were of length ?

How to approach the problem Hint not displayed

Use

for the permittivity of free space. = Answer not displayed

ANSWER:

Exercise 22.9
A charged paint is spread in a very thin uniform layer over the surface of a plastic sphere of diameter 14.0 , giving it a charge of -10.0 . Part A Find the electric field just inside the paint layer. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part B Find the electric field just outside the paint layer. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part C Find the electric field 8.50 ANSWER: outside the surface of the paint layer.

= Answer not displayed

Exercise 22.10
A point charge = 4.50 is located on the x-axis at = 1.30 . = 1.80 , and a second point charge = -6.10 is on the y-axis at Part A What is the total electric flux due to these two point charges through a spherical surface centered at the origin and with radius = 0.445 ? ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part B What is the total electric flux due to these two point charges through a spherical surface centered at the origin and with radius = 1.70 ? ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part C What is the total electric flux due to these two point charges through a spherical surface centered at the origin and with radius = 2.65 ? ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Exercise 22.14: Electric Fields in an Atom

The nuclei of large atoms, such as uranium, with protons, can be modeled as spherically symmetric . spheres of charge. The radius of the uranium nucleus is approximately Part A What is the electric field this nucleus produces just outside its surface? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part B What magnitude of electric field does it produce at the distance of the electrons, which is about 2.010 10 ? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Part C The electrons can be modeled as forming a uniform shell of negative charge. What net electric field do they produce at the location of the nucleus? Express your answer using two significant figures. ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

Charged Insulating Spheres

Two small insulating spheres with radius 3.5010 2 0.550 charged, with net charge 3.70 are separated by a large center-to-center distance of , and the other sphere is positively . One sphere is negatively charged, with net charge -1.65

. The charge is uniformly distributed within the volume of each sphere.

Part A What is the magnitude Hint A.1 of the electric field midway between the spheres?

How to approach the problem Hint not displayed

Hint A.2

Using Gauss's law Hint not displayed

Hint A.3

Calculate the field due to the negatively charged sphere Hint not displayed

Hint A.4

Determine the direction of the electric field from the first sphere Hint not displayed

Hint A.5

Calculate the field due to the positively charged sphere Hint not displayed

Hint A.6

Determine the direction of the electric field from the positively charged sphere Hint not displayed

Hint A.7

Vector addition Hint not displayed

Take the permittivity of free space to be ANSWER: = Answer not displayed

= 8.8510 12

Part B What is the direction of the electric field midway between the spheres? ANSWER: toward the positively charged sphere toward the negatively charged sphere upward perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the spheres downward perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the spheres Answer not displayed

Problem 22.63

Positive charge

is distributed uniformly over each of two spherical volumes with radius (see the Figure ).

. One sphere of

charge is centered at the origin and the other at

Part A Find the magnitude of the net electric field due to these two distributions of charge at Express your answer in terms of the variables ANSWER: = Answer not displayed , , and constants and . on the x-axis.

Part B Part not displayed Part C Find the magnitude of the net electric field due to these two distributions of charge at axis. Express your answer in terms of the variables ANSWER: = Answer not displayed , , and constants and . on the x-

Part D Part not displayed Part E Find the magnitude of the net electric field due to these two distributions of charge at Express your answer in terms of the variables ANSWER: , , and constants and . on the x-axis.

ANSWER:

= Answer not displayed

Part F Part not displayed Part G Find the magnitude of the net electric field due to these two distributions of charge at axis. Express your answer in terms of the variables ANSWER: = Answer not displayed , , and constants and . on the x-

Part H Part not displayed

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