Charge is distributed uniformly throughout the volume of an infinitely long solid

The square surface shown in Fig. 23-30 measures 3.2 mm on each side. It is immersed in a uniform electric field with magnitude E  1800 N/C and with field lines at an angle of u  35 with a normal to the surface, as shown. Take that normal to be directed outward, as though the surface were one face of a box. Calculate the electric flux through the surface. Normal Figure 23-30 Problem 1.

An electric field given by E :  4.0i  3.0(y2 2.0)j pierces a Gaussian cube of edge length 2.0 m and positioned as shown in Fig. 23-7. (The magnitude E is in newtons per coulomb and the position x is in meters.) What is the electric flux through the (a) top face, (b) bottom face, (c) left face, and (d) back face? (e) What is the net electric flux through the cube?

The cube in Fig. 23-31 has edge length 1.40 m and is oriented as shown in a region of uniform electric field. Find the electric flux through the right face if the electric field, in newtons per coulomb, is given by (a) 6.00i (b) 2.00j . ,and (c) 3.00i 4.00k (d) What is the total flux through the cube for each field? y x Figure 23-31 Problems 3, 6, and 9.

In Fig. 23-32, a butterfly net is in a uniform electric field of magnitude E  3.0 mN/C. The rim, a circle of radius a  11 cm, is aligned perpendicular to the field. The net contains no net charge. Find the electric flux through the netting. a Figure 23-32 Problem 4.

In Fig. 23-33, a proton is a distance d/2 directly above the center of a square of side d. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square? (Hint:Think of the square as one face of a cube with edge d.) /2 d d + Figure 23-33 Problem 5.

At each point on the surface of the cube shown in Fig. 23-31, the electric field is parallel to the z axis. The length of each edge of the cube is 3.0 m. On the top face of the cube the field is E 34k N/C, and on the bottom face it is E: 20k E N/C. : Determine the net charge contained within the cube. y x Figure 23-31 Problems 3, 6, and 9.

A particle of charge 1.8 mC is at the center of a Gaussian cube 55 cm on edge.What is the net electric flux through the surface?

When a shower is turned on in a closed bathroom, the splashing of the water on the bare tub can fill the rooms air with negatively charged ions and produce an electric field in the air as great as 1000 N/C. Consider a bathroom with dimensions 2.5 m 3.0 m 2.0 m. Along the ceiling, floor, and four walls, approximate the electric field in the air as being directed perpendicular to the surface and as having a uniform magnitude of 600 N/C.Also, treat those surfaces as forming a closed Gaussian surface around the rooms air. What are (a) the volume charge density r and (b) the number of excess elementary charges e per cubic meter in the rooms air?

Fig. 23-31 shows a Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube with edge length 1.40 m. What are (a) the net flux  through the surface and (b) the net charge qenc enclosed by the surface if E 3.00yj ) N/C, with y in meters? What are (c)  and (d) qenc if E :  [4.00i (6.00 3.00y)j] N/C? y x Figure 23-31 Problems 3, 6, and 9.

Figure 23-34 shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.00 m. It lies in a region where the nonuniform electric field is given by E  (3.00x : 4.00)i 6.00j 7.00k 6.00j N/C, with x in meters. What is the net charge contained by the cube? z Figure 23-34 Problem 10.

Figure 23-35 shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.00 m,with one corner at x1 5.00 m,y1 4.00 m.The cube lies in a region where the electric field vector is given by with y in meters.What is the net charge contained by the cube? E :  3.00i  4.00y2 j 3.00k N/C, Figure 23-35 Problem 11. x y z

Figure 23-36 shows two nonconducting spherical shells fixed in place. Shell 1 has uniform surface charge density 6.0 mC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 3.0 cm; shell 2 has uniform surface charge density 4.0 mC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 2.0 cm; the shell centers are separated by L  10 cm. In unit-vector notation, what is the net electric field at x  2.0 cm? Shell 1 Shell 2 y x Figure 23-36 Problem 12.

The electric field in a certain region of Earths atmosphere is directed vertically down. At an altitude of 300 m the field has magnitude 60.0 N/C; at an altitude of 200 m, the magnitude is 100 N/C. Find the net amount of charge contained in a cube 100 m on edge, with horizontal faces at altitudes of 200 and 300 m.

Flux and nonconducting shells. A charged particle is suspended at the center of two concentric spherical shells that are very thin and made of nonconducting material. Figure 23-37a shows a cross section. Figure 23-37b gives the net flux  through a Gaussian sphere centered on the particle, as a function of the radius r of the sphere. The scale of the vertical axis is set by s  5.0 105 N?m2 /C. (a) What is the charge of the central particle? What are the net charges of (b) shell A and (c) shell B? s 0 (105 N m2/C) r A Figure 23-37 Problem 14.

A particle of charge q is placed at one corner of a Gaussian cube. What multiple of q/0 gives the flux through (a) each cube face forming that corner and (b) each of the other cube faces?

The box-like Gaussian surface shown in Fig. 23-38 encloses a net charge of 24.00 C and lies in an electric field given by with x and z in meters and b a constant.The bottom face is in the xz plane; the top face is in the horizontal plane passing through y2  1.00 m. For x1  1.00 m, x2  4.00 m, z1  1.00 m, and z2  3.00 m, what is b? y x z z1 z2 z1 z2 x2 y2 x2 Figure 23-38 Problem 16.

A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 1.2 m diameter has surface charge density 8.1 mC/m2 . Find (a) the net charge on the sphere and (b) the total electric flux leaving the surface.

The electric field just above the surface of the charged conducting drum of a photocopying machine has a magnitude E of 2.3 105 N/C. What is the surface charge density on the drum?

Space vehicles traveling through Earths radiation belts can intercept a significant number of electrons. The resulting charge buildup can damage electronic components and disrupt operations. Suppose a spherical metal satellite 1.3 m in diameter accumulates 2.4 mC of charge in one orbital revolution. (a) Find the resulting surface charge density. (b) Calculate the magnitude of the electric field just outside the surface of the satellite, due to the surface charge.

Flux and conducting shells. A charged particle is held at the center of two concentric conducting spherical shells. Figure 23-39a shows a cross section. Figure 23-39b gives the net flux  through a Gaussian sphere centered on the particle, as a function of the radius r of the sphere. The scale of the vertical axis is set by s  5.0 105 N?m2 /C. What are (a) the charge of the central particle and the net charges of (b) shell A and (c) shell B? B (105 N m2/C) (a) (b) 0 r s s 2 s Figure 23-39 Problem 20.

An isolated conductor has net charge 10 106 C and a cavity with a particle of charge q  3.0 106 C.What is the charge on (a) the cavity wall and (b) the outer surface? M

An electron is released 9.0 cm from a very long nonconducting rod with a uniform 6.0 mC/m. What is the magnitude of the electrons initial acceleration?

(a) The drum of a photocopying machine has a length of 42 cm and a diameter of 12 cm.The electric field just above the drums surface is 2.3 105 N/C. What is the total charge on the drum? (b) The manufacturer wishes to produce a desktop version of the machine. This requires reducing the drum length to 28 cm and the diameter to 8.0 cm. The electric field at the drum surface must not change. What must be the charge on this new drum?

Figure 23-40 shows a section of a long, thin-walled metal tube of radius R  3.00 cm, with a charge per unit length of l  2.00 108 C/m. What is the magnitude E of the electric field at radial distance (a) r  R/2.00 and (b) r  2.00R? (c) Graph E versus r for the range r  0 to 2.00R.

An infinite line of charge produces a field of magnitude 4.5 104 N/C at distance 2.0 m. Find the linear charge density.

Figure 23-41a shows a narrow charged solid cylinder that is coaxial with a larger charged cylindrical shell. Both are nonconducting and thin and have uniform surface charge densities on their outer surfaces. Figure 23-41b gives the radial component E of the electric field versus radial distance r from the common axis, and Es  3.0 103 N/C.What is the shells linear charge density? Es 0 Es E (103 N/C) 1 2 3 r (cm) 4 5 6 Figure 23-41 Problem 26.

A long, straight wire has fixed negative charge with a linear charge density of magnitude 3.6 nC/m. The wire is to be enclosed by a coaxial, thin-walled nonconducting cylindrical shell of radius 1.5 cm.The shell is to have positive charge on its outside surface with a surface charge density s that makes the net external electric field zero. Calculate s

A charge of uniform linear density 2.0 nC/m is distributed along a long, thin, nonconducting rod.The rod is coaxial with a long conducting cylindrical shell (inner radius  5.0 cm, outer radius  10 cm). The net charge on the shell is zero. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field 15 cm from the axis of the shell? What is the surface charge density on the (b) inner and (c) outer surface of the shell?

Figure 23-42 is a section of a conducting rod of radius R1  1.30 mm and length L  11.00 m inside a thin-walled coaxial conducting cylindrical shell of radius R2  10.0R1 and the (same) length L.The net charge on the rod is Q1  3.40 10 12 C; that on the shell is Q2  2.00Q1. What are the (a) magnitude E and (b) direction (radially inward or outward) of the electric field at radial R1 R2 Q1 Q 2 Figure 23-42 Problem 29. distance r  2.00R2? What are (c) E and (d) the direction at r  5.00R1? What is the charge on the (e) interior and (f) exterior surface of the shell?

In Fig. 23-43, short sections of two very long parallel lines of charge are shown, fixed in place, separated by L  8.0 cm. The uniform linear charge densities are 6.0 mC/m for line 1 and 2.0 mC/m for line 2. Where along the x axis shown is the net electric field from the two lines zero? Line 1 Line 2 x y Figure 23-43 Problem 30.

Two long, charged, thin-walled, concentric cylindrical shells have radii of 3.0 and 6.0 cm. The charge per unit length is 5.0 10 6 C/m on the inner shell and 7.0 10 6 C/m on the outer shell. What are the (a) magnitude E and (b) direction (radially inward or outward) of the electric field at radial distance r  4.0 cm? What are (c) E and (d) the direction at r  8.0 cm?

A long, nonconducting, solid cylinder of radius 4.0 cm has a nonuniform volume charge density r that is a function of radial distance r from the cylinder axis: r  Ar 2 . For A  2.5 mC/m5 , what is the magnitude of the electric field at (a) r  3.0 cm and (b) r  5.0 cm?

In Fig. 23-44, two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the plates have excess surface charge densities of opposite signs and magnitude 7.00 1022 C/m2. In unit-vector notation, what is the electric field at points (a) to the left of the plates, (b) to the right of them, and (c) between them? + + + + + + + + + x Figure 23-44 Problem 33.

In Fig. 23-45, a small circular hole of radius R  1.80 cm has been cut in the middle of an infinite, flat, nonconducting surface that has uniform charge density s  4.50 pC/m2 . A z axis, with its origin at the holes center, is perpendicular to the surface. In unitvector notation, what is the electric field at point P at z  2.56 cm? (Hint: See Eq. 22-26 and use superposition.) P z R Figure 23-45 Problem 34.

Figure 23-46a shows three plastic sheets that are large, parallel, and uniformly charged. Figure 23-46b gives the component of the net electric field along an x axis through the sheets. The scale of the vertical axis is set by Es  6.0 105 N/C.What is the ratio of the charge density on sheet 3 to that on sheet 2? (b) x x Es 0 E (105 N/C) 1 Figure 23-46 Problem 35.

Figure 23-47 shows cross sections through two large, parallel, nonconducting sheets with identical distributions of positive charge with surface charge density s  1.77 10 22 C/m2 . In unit-vector notation, what is at points (a) above the sheets, (b) between them, and (c) below them? y x Figure 23-47 Problem 36.

A square metal plate of edge length 8.0 cm and negligible thickness has a total charge of 6.0 106 C. (a) Estimate the magnitude E of the electric field just off the center of the plate (at, say, a distance of 0.50 mm from the center) by assuming that the charge is spread uniformly over the two faces of the plate. (b) Estimate E at a distance of 30 m (large relative to the plate size) by assuming that the plate is a charged particle

In Fig. 23-48a, an electron is shot directly away from a uniformly charged plastic sheet, at speed vs  2.0 105 m/s.The sheet is nonconducting, flat, and very large. Figure 23-48b gives the electrons vertical velocity component v versus time t until the return to the launch point.What is the sheets surface charge density? 3 6 t (ps) 9 12 vs 0 vs v (105 m/s) + + + + + + + + e Figure 23-48 Problem 38.

In Fig. 23-49, a small, nonconducting + + + + + + + + + + + + + m, q Figure 23-49 Problem 39. ball of mass m  1.0 mg and charge q  2.0 10 8 C (distributed uniformly through its volume) hangs from an insulating thread that makes an angle u  30 with a vertical, uniformly charged nonconducting sheet (shown in cross section). Considering the gravitational force on the ball and assuming the sheet extends far vertically and into and out of the page, calculate the surface charge density s of the sheet.

Figure 23-50 shows a very large nonconducting sheet that has a uniform surface charge density of s  2.00 mC/m2 ; it also shows a particle of charge Q  6.00 mC, at distance d from the sheet. Both are fixed in place. If d  0.200 m, at what (a) positive and (b) negative coordinate on the x axis (other than infinity) is the net electric field of the sheet and particle zero? (c) If d  0.800 m, at what coordinate on the x axis is E:net  0? y x Q Figure 23-50 Problem 40.

An electron is shot directly toward the center of a large metal plate that has surface charge density 2.0 106 C/m2 . If the initial kinetic energy of the electron is 1.60 1017 J and if the electron is to stop (due to electrostatic repulsion from the plate) just as it reaches the plate,how far from the plate must the launch point be?

Two large metal plates of area 1.0 m2 face each other, 5.0 cm apart, with equal charge magnitudes but opposite signs. The field magnitude E between them (neglect fringing) is 55 N/C. Find .

Figure 23-51 shows a cross section through a very large nonconducting slab of thickness d  9.40 mm and uniform volume charge density r  5.80 fC/m3 . The origin of an x axis is at the slabs center. What is the magnitude of the slabs electric field at an x coordinate of (a) 0, (b) 2.00 mm, (c) 4.70 mm, and (d) 26.0 mm? d/2 d x 0 Figure 23-51 Problem 43.

Figure 23-52 gives the magnitude of the electric field inside and outside a sphere with a positive charge distributed uniformly throughout its volume.The scale of the vertical axis is set by Es5.0 107 N/C. What is the charge on the sphere? ) Es 0 2 r (cm) 4

Two charged concentric spherical shells have radii 10.0 cm and 15.0 cm. The charge on the inner shell is 4.00 10 8 C, and that on the outer shell is 2.00 10 8 C. Find the electric field (a) at r  12.0 cm and (b) at r  20.0 cm.

Assume that a ball of charged particles has a uniformly distributed negative charge density except for a narrow radial tunnel through its center, from the surface on one side to the surface on the opposite side. Also assume that we can position a proton anywhere along the tunnel or outside the ball. Let FR be the magnitude of the electrostatic force on the proton when it is located at the balls surface, at radius R. As a multiple of R, how far from the surface is there a point where the force magnitude is 0.50FR if we move the proton (a) away from the ball and (b) into the tunnel?

An unknown charge sits on a conducting solid sphere of radius 10 cm. If the electric field 15 cm from the center of the sphere has the magnitude 3.0 103 N/C and is directed radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?

A charged particle is held at the center of a spherical shell. Figure 23-53 gives the magnitude E of the electric field versus radial distance r. The scale of the vertical axis is set by Es  10.0 107 N/C. Approximately, what is the net charge on the shell? Es 0 1 2 r (cm) 3 4 5 Figure 23-53 Problem 48.

In Fig. 23-54, a solid sphere of radius a  2.00 cm is concentric with a spherical conducting shell of inner radius b  2.00a and outer radius c  2.40a. The sphere has a net uniform charge q1  5.00 fC; the shell has a net charge q2  q1.What is the magnitude of the electric field at radial distances (a) r  0, (b) r  a/2.00, (c) r  a, (d) r  1.50a, (e) r  2.30a, and (f) r  3.50a? What is the net charge on the (g) inner and (h) outer surface of the shell? a b c Figure 23-54 Problem 49.

Figure 23-55 shows two nonconducting spherical shells fixed in place on an x axis. Shell 1 has uniform surface charge density 4.0 mC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 0.50 cm, and shell 2 has uniform surface charge density 2.0 mC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 2.0 cm; the centers are separated by L  6.0 cm. Other than at x  , where on the x axis is the net electric field equal to zero? Shell 1 Shell 2 y L Figure 23-55 Problem 50.

In Fig. 23-56, a nonconducting spherical shell of inner radius a  2.00 cm and outer radius b  2.40 cm has (within its thickness) a positive volume charge density r  A/r, where A is a constant and r is the distance from the center of the shell. In addition, a small ball of charge q  45.0 fC is located at that center. What value should A have if the electric field in the shell (a  r  b) is to be uniform? b a q Figure 23-56 Problem 51.

Figure 23-57 shows a spherical shell with uniform volume charge density r  1.84 nC/m3 , inner radius a  10.0 cm, and outer radius b  2.00a. What is the magnitude of the electric field at radial distances (a) r  0; (b) r  a/2.00, (c) r  a, (d) r  1.50a,(e) r  b,and (f) r  3.00b? b + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Figure 23-57 Problem 52.

The volume charge density of a solid nonconducting sphere of radius R  5.60 cm varies with radial distance r as given by r  (14.1 pC/m3)r/R. (a) What is the spheres total charge? What is the field magnitude E at (b) r  0, (c) r  R/2.00, and (d) r  R? (e) Graph E versus r.

Figure 23-58 shows, in cross section, two solid spheres with uniformly distributed charge throughout their volumes. Each has radius R. Point P lies on a line connecting the centers of the spheres, at radial distance R/2.00 from the center of sphere 1. If the net electric field at point P is zero, what is the ratio q2/q1 of the total charges? R R P 1 2 Figure 23-58 Problem 54.

A charge distribution that is spherically symmetric but not uniform radially produces an electric field of magnitude E  Kr 4 , directed radially outward from the center of the sphere. Here r is the radial distance from that center, and K is a constant. What is the volume density r of the charge distribution?

The electric field in a particular space is N/C, with x in meters. Consider a cylindrical Gaussian surface of radius 20 cm that is coaxial with the x axis. One end of the cylinder is at x  0. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the other end of the cylinder at x  2.0 m? (b) What net charge is enclosed within the cylinder?

A thin-walled metal spherical shell has radius 25.0 cm and charge 2.00 10 7 C. Find E for a point (a) inside the shell, (b) just outside it, and (c) 3.00 m from the center.

A uniform surface charge of density 8.0 nC/m2 is distributed over the entire xy plane. What is the electric flux through a spherical Gaussian surface centered on the origin and having a radius of 5.0 cm?

Charge of uniform volume density r  1.2 nC/m3 fills an infinite slab between x  5.0 cm and x  5.0 cm. What is the magnitude of the electric field at any point with the coordinate (a) x  4.0 cm and (b) x  6.0 cm?

The chocolate crumb mystery. Explosions ignited by electrostatic discharges (sparks) constitute a serious danger in facilities handling grain or powder. Such an explosion occurred in chocolate crumb powder at a biscuit factory in the 1970s. Workers usually emptied newly delivered sacks of the powder into a loading bin, from which it was blown through electrically grounded plastic pipes to a silo for storage. Somewhere along this route, two conditions for an explosion were met: (1) The magnitude of an electric field became 3.0 106 N/C or greater, so that electrical breakdown and thus sparking could occur. (2) The energy of a spark was 150 mJ or greater so that it could ignite the powder explosively. Let us check for the first condition in the powder flow through the plastic pipes. Suppose a stream of negatively charged powder was blown through a cylindrical pipe of radius R  5.0 cm. Assume that the powder and its charge were spread uniformly through the pipe with a volume charge density r. (a) Using Gauss law, find an expression for the magnitude of the electric field in the pipe as a function of radial distance r from the pipe center. (b) Does E increase or decrease with increasing r? (c) Is directed radially inward or outward? (d) For r  1.1 10 3 C/m3 (a typical value at the factory), find the maximum E and determine where that maximum field occurs. (e) Could sparking occur, and if so, where? (The story continues with Problem 70 in Chapter 24.)

A thin-walled metal spherical shell of radius a has a charge qa. Concentric with it is a thin-walled metal spherical shell of radius b a and charge qb. Find the electric field at points a distance r from the common center, where (a) r a, (b) a r b, and (c) r b. (d) Discuss the criterion you would use to determine how the charges are distributed on the inner and outer surfaces of the shells.

A particle of charge q  1.0 107 C is at the center of a spherical cavity of radius 3.0 cm in a chunk of metal. Find the electric field (a) 1.5 cm from the cavity center and (b) anyplace in the metal.

A proton at speed v  3.00 105 m/s orbits at radius r  1.00 cm outside a charged sphere. Find the spheres charge.

Equation 23-11 (E  s/0) gives the electric field at points near a charged conducting surface. Apply this equation to a conducting sphere of radius r and charge q,and show that the electric field outside the sphere is the same as the field of a charged particle located at the center of the sphere.

Charge Q is uniformly distributed in a sphere of radius R. (a) What fraction of the charge is contained within the radius r  R/2.00? (b) What is the ratio of the electric field magnitude at r  R/2.00 to that on the surface of the sphere?

A charged particle causes an electric flux of 750 N?m2 /C to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of 10.0 cm radius centered on the charge. (a) If the radius of the Gaussian surface were doubled, how much flux would pass through the surface? (b) What is the charge of the particle?

The electric field at point P just outside the outer surface of a hollow spherical conductor of inner radius 10 cm and outer radius 20 cm has magnitude 450 N/C and is directed outward. When a particle of unknown charge Q is introduced into the center of the sphere, the electric field at P is still directed outward but is now 180 N/C. (a) What was the net charge enclosed by the outer surface before Q was introduced? (b) What is charge Q? After Q is introduced, what is the charge on the (c) inner and (d) outer surface of the conductor?

The net electric flux through each face of a die (singular of dice) has a magnitude in units of 103 N?m2 /C that is exactly equal to the number of spots N on the face (1 through 6). The flux is inward for N odd and outward for N even. What is the net charge inside the die?

Figure 23-59 shows, in cross section, three infinitely large nonconducting sheets on which charge is uniformly spread. The surface charge densities are s1  2.00 mC/m2 , s2  4.00 mC/m2 , and s3  5.00 mC/m2 , and distance L  1.50 cm. In unitvector notation,what is the net electric field at point P? P 3 2 1 y x Figure 23-59 Problem 69.

Charge of uniform volume density r  3.2 mC/m3 fills a nonconducting solid sphere of radius 5.0 cm. What is the magnitude of the electric field (a) 3.5 cm and (b) 8.0 cm from the spheres center?

A Gaussian surface in the form of a hemisphere of radius R  5.68 cm lies in a uniform electric field of magnitude E  2.50 N/C. The surface encloses no net charge. At the (flat) base of the surface, the field is perpendicular to the surface and directed into the surface. What is the flux through (a) the base and (b) the curved portion of the surface?

What net charge is enclosed by the Gaussian cube of Problem 2?

A nonconducting solid sphere has a uniform volume charge density r. Let be the vector from the center of the sphere to a general point P within the sphere. (a) Show that the electric field at P is given by (Note that the result is independent of the radius of the sphere.) (b) A spherical cavity is hollowed out of the sphere, as shown in Fig. 23- 60. Using superposition concepts, show that the electric field at all points within the cavity is uniform and equal to where is the position vector from the center of the sphere to the center of the cavity. a Figure 23-60 Problem 73.

A uniform charge density of 500 nC/m3 is distributed throughout a spherical volume of radius 6.00 cm. Consider a cubical Gaussian surface with its center at the center of the sphere. What is the electric flux through this cubical surface if its edge length is (a) 4.00 cm and (b) 14.0 cm?

Figure 23-61 shows a Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, which causes ionization of atoms. A thin, positively charged central wire is surrounded by a concentric, circular, conducting cylindrical shell with an equal negative charge, creating a strong radial electric field. The shell contains a low-pressure inert gas.A particle of radiation entering the device through the shell wall ionizes a few of the gas atoms. The resulting free electrons (e) are drawn to the positive wire. However, the electric field is so intense that, between collisions with gas atoms, the free electrons gain energy sufficient to ionize these atoms also. More free electrons are thereby created, and the process is repeated until the electrons reach the wire. The resulting avalanche of electrons is collected by the wire, generating a signal that is used to record the passage of the original particle of radiation. Suppose that the radius of the central wire is 25 mm, the inner radius of the shell 1.4 cm, and the length of the shell 16 cm. If the electric field at the shells inner wall is 2.9 104 N/C, what is the total positive charge on the central wire? Particle Charged cylindrical shell e Charged wire

Charge is distributed uniformly throughout the volume of an infinitely long solid cylinder of radius R. (a) Show that, at a distance r R from the cylinder axis, E  rr 20 , where r is the volume charge density. (b) Write an expression for E when r R.

A spherical conducting shell has a charge of 14 mC on its outer surface and a charged particle in its hollow. If the net charge on the shell is 10 mC, what is the charge (a) on the inner surface of the shell and (b) of the particle?

A charge of 6.00 pC is spread uniformly throughout the volume of a sphere of radius r  4.00 cm.What is the magnitude of the electric field at a radial distance of (a) 6.00 cm and (b) 3.00 cm?

Water in an irrigation ditch of width w  3.22 m and depth d  1.04 m flows with a speed of 0.207 m/s. The mass flux of the flowing water through an imaginary surface is the product of the waters density (1000 kg/m3 ) and its volume flux through that surface. Find the mass flux through the following imaginary surfaces: (a) a surface of area wd, entirely in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (b) a surface with area 3wd/2, of which wd is in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (c) a surface of area wd/2, entirely in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (d) a surface of area wd, half in the water and half out, perpendicular to the flow; (e) a surface of area wd, entirely in the water,with its normal 34.0 from the direction of flow.

Charge of uniform surface density 8.00 nC/m2 is distributed over an entire xy plane; charge of uniform surface density 3.00 nC/m2 is distributed over the parallel plane defined by z  2.00 m. Determine the magnitude of the electric field at any point having a z coordinate of (a) 1.00 m and (b) 3.00 m.

A spherical ball of charged particles has a uniform charge density. In terms of the balls radius R, at what radial distances (a) inside and (b) outside the ball is the magnitude of the balls electric field equal to of the maximum magnitude of that field?