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Answer: A capacitor is made from two hollow, coaxial, iron
Chapter 24, Problem 11E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 11E
A capacitor is made from two hollow, coaxial, iron cylinders, one inside the other. The inner cylinder is negatively charged and the outer is positively charged; the magnitude of the charge on each is 10.0 pC. The inner cylinder has radius 0.50 mm, the outer one has radius 5.00 mm, and the length of each cylinder is 18.0 cm. (a) What is the capacitance? (b) What applied potential difference is necessary to produce these charges on the cylinders?
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QUESTION:
Problem 11E
A capacitor is made from two hollow, coaxial, iron cylinders, one inside the other. The inner cylinder is negatively charged and the outer is positively charged; the magnitude of the charge on each is 10.0 pC. The inner cylinder has radius 0.50 mm, the outer one has radius 5.00 mm, and the length of each cylinder is 18.0 cm. (a) What is the capacitance? (b) What applied potential difference is necessary to produce these charges on the cylinders?
ANSWER:
Introduction
We have to first calculate the capacitance of the capacitor from the given length, inner radius and outer radius of the cylindrical capacitor. Then we have to calculate the required voltage to produce the given charge.