Chapter 23, Problem 29P

SSM WWW 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 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?

Figure 23-42 Problem 29.