College Physics:
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Author: SERWAY, Raymond A.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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Chapter 15, Problem 40P
The dome of a Van de Graaff generator receives a charge of 2.0 × 10−4 C. Find the strength of the electric field (a) inside the dome, (b) at the surface of the dome, assuming it has a radius of 1.0 m, and (c) 4.0 in front the center of the dome. Hint: See Section 15.5 to review properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. Also, note that the points on the surface are outside a spherically symmetric charge distribution; the total charge may be considered to be located at the center of the sphere.
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The dome of a Van de Graaffgenerator receives a charge of 2.0 × 10−4 C. Find the strength of the electric field (a) inside the dome, (b) at the surface of the dome, assuming it has a radius of 1.0 m, and (c) 4.0 m from the center of the dome. Hint: See Section 15.6 to review properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. Also, note that the points on the surface are outside a spherically symmetric charge distribution; the total charge may be considered to be located at the center of the sphere.
Calculate the electric field entry in row 3 of the following table. (The row numbers are at the edge of the row.) The magnitude of the electric field is |dV/dx|, approximated as a positive ΔV/Δx
Voltage Level (Volts)
Position (cm)
15.7
7
12.2
5.6
9.5
4.1
6.4
2.9
3.3
1.4
0.0
0
Electric Field (V/cm)
Deviation (V/cm)
1
2
3
4
5
Average
6
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