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P24.1 Fora uniform electric field passing through a plane surface,
®, =E-A=EAcos@, where @is the angle between the electric field and
the normal to the surface.
(a) The electric field is perpendicular to the surface, so 8= 0°
®, = (6.20% 10° N/C)(3.20 m?)cos0”
©, = [98x10 N-m/C
(b) The electric field is parallel to the surface: @ = 90°, so cos @= 0, and
the flux is [zero.
P246 Weare given an electric field in the
general form
ptt sexk
In the xy plane, z = 0 so that the =
electric field reduces to
E-aiteck ANS. FIG. P24.6
To obtain the flux, we integrate (see ANS. FIG. P24.6 for the definition
of dA):
©, = [E-dA= |(ayi + crk)-kaa
,=0h Judean] =|
“ Zhao L2
Where the k term was eliminated since k-k=0.
P24.8 The gaussian surface encloses the +1.00-nC and -3.00-nC charges, but
not the +2.00-nC charge. The electric flux is therefore
(1.00x 10° C-3.00x 10° C)
o,-2-
€ 885x10" C/N-m*
=|[-226 N-m’/C|
P24.11 The electric flux through each of the surfaces is given by , = =
2Q+Q
Flux through $,:
Flux through S,:
Flux through $,:
Flux through S,: P24.21 (a) With évery small, all points on the t
hemisphere are nearly at a distance R
from the charge, so the field
everywhere on the curved surface is
5.Q radially outward (normal to the
R
surface). Therefore, the flux is this field
strength times the area of half a
ephere ANS. FIG. P24.21
12
Ze,
(b) The closed surface encloses zero charge so Gauss’s law gives
=
2€
Payot + Boy =O OF Ppp =~ Posed =
P24.27 Fora large uniformly charged sheet, E will be perpendicular to the
sheet, and will have a magnitude of
tk.
24.32 (a) The area of each face is A = 1.00 m’.
For the left face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 0°
(©) ace = EA C08 = (20.0 N/C)(1.00 m*)cos0°
0.0 N-m?/C
For the right face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 180°
(©, yaioo = EA €080= (35.0 N/C)(1.00 m*)cos180°
=-35.0 N-m’/C
For the top face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 180°:
(®, as goe = EA C080 = (25.0 N/C)(1.00 m*)cos 180"
25.0 N-m?/C
For the bottom face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 0°:
(®) coro noo = EA cos = (15.0 N/C)(1.00 m*)cos 0°
=150N-m?/C For the front face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 0°:
(® coe taw = ACOSO = (20.0 N/C)(1.00 m*)coso”
=20.0N-m?/C
For the back face, the angle between the electric field and the
normal is 0°:
(®¢ )ssac tice = £A C088 = (20.0 N/C)(1.00 m?)cos0®
=20.0 N-m?/C
‘The total flux is then
©, = (20.0-35.0-25.0 + 15.0+20.0+ 20.0) N-m?/C
=[15.0N-m°*/C|
(b) &, = 4244, =, ; = (8.85% 10" C?/N-m*)(15.0 N-m?/C)
=[1.33x10" C|
(©) [No:fields on the faces would not be uniform.
P2434 (a) The electric field is given by
—2kA_2k(Q/ 4)
r r
Solving for the charge Q gives
Ere _(3.60x10' N/C)(0.190 m)(2.40 m)
Dk, 2(8.99 10” N-m?/C)
E.
Q=19.13x107 C=[9913 nC
(b) Since the charge is uniformly distributed on the surface of the
cylindrical shell, a gaussian surface in the shape of a cylinder of
o].
4.00 cm in radius encloses no charge, and
P2436 The volume of the spherical shell is
$a{(025 1m)’ (0.20 my’ ]=3.19% 107 m’
Its charge is
pV=
33x 10° C/m*)(3.19x 107 m*)=-4.25 x 10% C
‘The net charge inside a sphere containing the proton’s path as its
equator is
60x10? C-4.25x10* C=-1.02x107 C
The electric field is radially inward with magnitude
Kld __Id__ (8:99%10" N-m?/C’)(1.02%107 C)
Pe, dar (0.250 my
=1.47x10' N/C For the proton, Newton’s second law gives
_ mo?
|F=ma: E
CE
solving for the proton’s speed then gives
™ 1.67 x10 kg
5.9410" m/s
ps7 fEdA=E(2nr)= 4
&
. for the field outside the
r Qmeyr
metal rod.
(a) Atr=3.00cm,
() Atr=100cm,
30.0x 10" C
2n(8.85x 10" C/N-m?
5400 N/C, outward
() Atr=100cm,
30.0x10" C
2n(8.85x10* C /N-m’)(1.00 m)
= [540 N/G, outward
E
P2442 (a) Leta flat box have face area A perpendicular to its thickness dx.
The flux at x
©, =-EA
3 m is into the box is
(6 000 N/C - m*X0.3 m)? A =-(540 N/C) A
The flux at x = 0.3 m + dx is out of the box is
©, = +EA=+(6 000 N/C-m?)(03 m+dz) A
=+(540 N/C) A+(3 600 N/C-m) dx A
(The term in (dx)* is negligible.) The charge in the box is pA dx
where pis the unknown. Applying Gauss’s law, ®, fn, we
obtain
~(640 N/C) A+(540 N/C) A
+(3600 N/C - m) dr A= pA de/«,
Solving for p gives
p=(3600 N/C - me,
3.600 N/C - my(8.85x10 C2/N - m*)
31.9 nC/m* 24.57
P24.64
The resultant field within the cavity is the
superposition of two fields, one E, due toa
uniform sphere of positive charge of radius 20,
and the other E_ due to a sphere of negative
charge of radius a centered within the cavity.
(b) _[No; then the field would have to be zero,
We have
fbdA=
(anr)=fe
(a) Solving for the charge Q on the insulating sphere, we write, for
the region a ¢,
Q+0'=6, E(4nr’)
= (8.85% 10" C?/N-m?)(2.00x10? N/C)
x 4n(0.500 m)°
=5.56x10"C
Q=+9.56x10" C=[49.56 nC
(© Forb
