College PhysicsOER 2016 EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStax CollegeISBN: 9781947172173
College Physics
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Problem 1CQ:
Voltage is the common word for potential difference. Which term is more descriptive, voltage or...Problem 2CQ:
It the voltage between two points is zero, can a test charge be moved between them with zero net...Problem 3CQ:
What is the relationship between voltage and energy? Mote precisely, what is the relationship...Problem 6CQ:
Discuss how potential difference and electric field strength are related. Give an example.Problem 7CQ:
What is the strength of the electric field in a region where the electric potential is constant?Problem 8CQ:
Will a negative charge, initially at rest, move toward higher or lower potential? Explain why.Problem 9CQ:
In what region of space is the potential due to a uniformly charged Sphere the same as that of a...Problem 10CQ:
Can the potential of a non-uniformly charged sphere be the same as that of a point charge? Explain.Problem 12CQ:
Explain in your own words why equipotential lines and surfaces must be perpendicular to electric...Problem 13CQ:
Can different equipotential lines cross? Explain.Problem 14CQ:
Does the capacitance of a device depend on the applied voltage? What about the charge stored in it?Problem 15CQ:
Use the characteristics of the of the Coulomb force to explain why capacitance should be...Problem 16CQ:
Give the reason why a dielectric material increases capacitance compared with what it would be with...Problem 18CQ:
Sparks will occur between the plates of an air filled capacitor- at lower voltage when the air is...Problem 19CQ:
Water has a large dielectric constant, but it is rarely used in capacitors. Explain why.Problem 20CQ:
Membranes ii living cells, including those in humans, are characterized by a separation of charge...Problem 21CQ:
If you wish to store a large amount of energy m a capacitor bank, would you connect capacitors in...Problem 22CQ:
How does the energy contained in a charged capacitor change when a dielectric is inserted, assuming...Problem 23CQ:
What happens to the energy stored in a capacitor connected to a battery when a dielectric is...Problem 1PE:
Find the ratio of speeds of an electron and a negative hydrogen ion (one having an extra electron)...Problem 2PE:
An evacuated tube uses an accelerating voltage of 40 kV to accelerate electrons to hit a copper...Problem 3PE:
A bare helium nucleus has two positive charges and a mass of 6.6410-27 kg. (a) Calculate its kinetic...Problem 4PE:
Integrated Concepts Singly charged gas ions are accelerated from rest through a voltage of 13.0 V....Problem 5PE:
Integrated Concepts The temperature near the center of the Sun is thought to be 15 million degrees...Problem 6PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) What is the average power output of a heart defibrillator that dissipates...Problem 7PE:
Integrated Concepts A lightning bolt strikes a tree, moving 20.0 C of charge through a potential...Problem 8PE:
Integrated Concepts: A 12.0 V battery-operated bottle warmer heats 50.0 g of glass, 2.50 102 g of...Problem 9PE:
Integrated Concepts A battery-operated car utilizes a 12.0 V system. Find the charge the batteries...Problem 10PE:
Integrated Concepts Fusion probability is greatly enhanced when appropriate nuclei are brought close...Problem 11PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) Find the voltage near a 10.0 cm diameter metal sphere that has 8.00 C of...Problem 12PE:
Construct Your Own Problem Consider a battery used to supply energy to a cellular phone. Construct a...Problem 14PE:
What is the strength of the electric field between two parallel conducting plates separated by 1.00...Problem 15PE:
The electric field strength between two parallel conducting plates separated by 4.00 cm is 7.50 104...Problem 16PE:
How far apart are two conducting plates that have an electric field strength of 4.50 103 V/m...Problem 17PE:
(a) Will the electric field strength between two parallel conducting plates exceed the breakdown...Problem 18PE:
The voltage across a membrane forming a cell wall is 80.0 mV and the membrane is 9.00 nm thick. What...Problem 19PE:
Membrane walls of living cells have surprisingly large electric fields across them due to separation...Problem 20PE:
Two parallel conducting plates are separated by 10.0 cm, and one of them is taken to be at zero...Problem 21PE:
Find the maximum potential difference between two parallel conducting plates separated by 0.500 cm...Problem 22PE:
A doubly charged ion is accelerated to an energy of 32.0 keV by the electric field between two...Problem 23PE:
An electron is to be accelerated in a uniform electric field having a strength of 2.00106 V/m. (a)...Problem 24PE:
A 0.500 cm diameter plastic sphere, used in a static electricity demonstration, has a uniformly...Problem 25PE:
What is the potential 0.530 x 10-10 m from a proton (the average distance between the proton and...Problem 26PE:
(a) A sphere has a surface uniformly charged with 1.00 C. At what distance from its center is the...Problem 27PE:
How far from a 1.00 C point charge will the potential be 100 V? At what distance will it be 2.00 102...Problem 28PE:
What are the sign and magnitude of a point charge that produces a potential of —2.00 V at a distance...Problem 29PE:
If the potential due to a point charge is 5.00 102 V at a distance of 15.0 m, what are the sign and...Problem 30PE:
In nuclear fission. a nucleus splits roughly in half. (a) What is the potential 2.00 10-14 m from a...Problem 31PE:
A research Van de Graaff generator has a 2.00-rn- diameter metal sphere with a charge of 5.00 mC on...Problem 32PE:
An electrostatic paint sprayer has a 0.200-m-diameter metal sphere at a potential of 25.0 kV that...Problem 33PE:
In one of the classic nuclear physics experiments at the beginning of the 20th century. an alpha...Problem 34PE:
(a) What is the potential between two points situated 10 cm and 20 cm from a 3.0 C point charge? (b)...Problem 35PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) What is the final speed of an electron accelerated from rest through a...Problem 36PE:
(a) Sketch the equipotential lines near a point charge + q. Indicate the direction of increasing...Problem 44PE:
The naturally occurring charge on the ground on a fine day out in the open country is -1.00nC/m2....Problem 48PE:
What charge is stored in the capacitor in Example 19.8?Problem 52PE:
What is the capacitance of a large Van de Graaff generator’s terminal, given that it stores 8.00 mC...Problem 53PE:
Find the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having plates of area 5.00 m2 that are separated...Problem 54PE:
(a) What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having plates of area 1.50 m2 that are...Problem 55PE:
Integrated Concepts A prankster applies 450 V to an 80.0 F capacitor and then tosses it to an...Problem 56PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) A certain parallel plate capacitor has plates of area 4.00 m2 separated by...Problem 58PE:
Suppose you want a capacitor bank with a total capacitance of 0.750 F and you possess numerous 1.50...Problem 59PE:
What total capacitances can you make by connecting a 5.00 F and an 8.00 F capacitor together?Problem 62PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) An 8.00 F capacitor is connected in parallel to another capacitor,...Problem 63PE:
(a) What is the energy stored in the 10.0 F capacitor of a heart defibrillator charged to 9.00103 V...Problem 64PE:
In open heart surgery. a much smaller amount of energy will defibrillate the heart. (a) What voltage...Problem 65PE:
A 165 F capacitor is used in conjunction with a motor. How much energy is stored in it when 119 V is...Problem 66PE:
Suppose you have a 9.00 V battery, a 2.00 F capacitor, and a 7.40 F capacitor. (a) Find the charge...Problem 67PE:
A nervous physicist worries that the two metal shelves of his wood frame bookcase might obtain a...Problem 68PE:
Show that for a given dielectric material the maximum energy a parallel plate capacitor can store is...Problem 69PE:
Construct Your Own Problem Consider a heart defibrillator similar to that discussed in Example...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Nature Of Science And PhysicsChapter 2 - KinematicsChapter 3 - Two-dimensional KinematicsChapter 4 - Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of MotionChapter 5 - Further Applications Of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, And ElasticityChapter 6 - Gravitation And Uniform Circular MotionChapter 7 - Work, Energy, And Energy ResourcesChapter 8 - Linear Momentum And CollisionsChapter 9 - Statics And TorqueChapter 10 - Rotational Motion And Angular Momentum
Chapter 11 - Fluid StaticsChapter 12 - Fluid Dynamics And Its Biological And Medical ApplicationsChapter 13 - Temperature, Kinetic Theory, And The Gas LawsChapter 14 - Heat And Heat Transfer MethodsChapter 15 - ThermodynamicsChapter 16 - Oscillatory Motion And WavesChapter 17 - Physics Of HearingChapter 18 - Electric Charge And Electric FieldChapter 19 - Electric Potential And Electric FieldChapter 20 - Electric Current, Resistance, And Ohm's LawChapter 21 - Circuits, Bioelectricity, And Dc InstrumentsChapter 22 - MagnetismChapter 23 - Electromagnetic Induction, Ac Circuits, And Electrical TechnologiesChapter 24 - Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25 - Geometric OpticsChapter 26 - Vision And Optical InstrumentsChapter 27 - Wave OpticsChapter 28 - Special RelativityChapter 29 - Introduction To Quantum PhysicsChapter 30 - Atomic PhysicsChapter 31 - Radioactivity And Nuclear PhysicsChapter 32 - Medical Applications Of Nuclear PhysicsChapter 33 - Particle PhysicsChapter 34 - Frontiers Of Physics
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