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Review Question 17.1 To decide whether an object is electrically charged, we need to observe its...Problem 2RQ:
Review Question 17.2 The model of charging by rubbing involved the transfer of negatively charged...Problem 4RQ:
Review Question 17.4 Two charged objects (1 and 2) with charges q1=q and q2=28q are placed r meters...Problem 5RQ:
Review Question 17.5 How can we reduce the magnitude of the electric potential energy of a system of...Problem 6RQ:
Review Question 17.6
How would our reasoning in Example 17.8 change if we chose the alpha particle...Problem 7RQ:
Review Question 17.7 In a Van de Graaff generator, where does the energy emitted as light in a spark...Problem 1MCQ:
Which of the following occurs when two objects are rubbed against each other? a. Both acquire the...Problem 2MCQ:
2. With which statements do you disagree?
a. If two objects repel, they have like charges.
b. If two...Problem 3MCQ:
3. Which explanation agrees with the contemporary model of electric charge?
a. If an object is...Problem 4MCQ:
When an object gets charged by rubbing, where does the electric charge originate? a. It comes from...Problem 5MCQ:
Choose all of the quantities that are constant in an isolated system. a. Mass b. Entropy c. Electric...Problem 6MCQ:
Identically charged point-like objects A and B are separated by a distance d. You measure the force...Problem 7MCQ:
When separated by distance d, identically charged point-like objects A and B exert a force of...Problem 8MCQ:
Balloon A has charge q, and identical mass balloon B has charge 10q. You hang them from threads near...Problem 9MCQ:
Imagine that two charged objects are the system of interest. When the objects are infinitely far...Problem 10MCQ:
Two objects with charges + q and -2q are separated by a distance r. You slowly move one of the...Problem 11MCQ:
Charged point-like objects A and B are separated by a distance d. Object A is fixed in place, while...Problem 12MCQ:
12. If you move a negatively charged balloon toward a neutral dielectric wall, the electric...Problem 13CQ:
13. Describe the differences between the electric force and the gravitational force and some...Problem 15CQ:
At one time it was thought that eclectic charge was a weightless fluid. An excess of this fluid...Problem 17CQ:
An object becomes positively charged due to rubbing. Does its mass increase, decrease, or remain the...Problem 18CQ:
List everything that you know about electric charges.Problem 19CQ:
19. What experimental evidence supports the idea that conducting materials have freely moving...Problem 20CQ:
20. You have an aluminum pie pan with pieces of aluminum foil attached to it. Predict what will...Problem 22CQ:
22. You have a foam rod rubbed with felt and a small aluminum foil ball attached to a thread....Problem 23CQ:
A positively charged metal ball A is placed near metal ball B. Measurements demonstrated that the...Problem 24CQ:
24. Show that if the charge on B in the previous question is positive but of small magnitude, the...Problem 25CQ:
25. Two metal balls of the same radius are placed a small distance apart. Will they interact with...Problem 26CQ:
26. Describe the experiments that were first used to determine a quantitative expression for the...Problem 27CQ:
27. The electrical force that one electric charge exerts on another is proportional to the product...Problem 28CQ:
28. Why isn’t Coulomb's law valid for large conducting or dielectric objects, even if they are...Problem 29CQ:
29. How is electric potential energy similar to spring potential energy? How is it different?
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BIO Ventricular defibrillation During ventricular fibrillation, the muscle fibers of the hearts...Problem 2P:
2. * You rub two 2.0-g balloons with a wool sweater. The balloons hand from 0.50-m-long very light...Problem 3P:
* Two balloons of different mass hang from strings near each other. You charge them about the same...Problem 4P:
* Lightning A cloud has a large positive charge. Assume that this is the only cloud in the sky over...Problem 5P:
5. Sodium chloride (table salt) consists of sodium ions of charge + e arranged in a crystal lattice...Problem 6P:
* EST (a) Earth has an excess of 6105 electrons on each square centimeter of surface. Determine the...Problem 7P:
7. Determine the electrical force that two protons in the nucleus of a helium atom exert on each...Problem 8P:
* Determine the number of electrons that must be transferred from Earth to the Moon so that the...Problem 9P:
BIO Ions on cell walls The membrane of a body cell has a positive ion of charge + e on the outside...Problem 10P:
* Hydrogen atom in a simplified model of a hydrogen atom, the electron moves around the proton...Problem 11P:
* Three 100 nC charged objects are equally spaced on a straight line. The separation of each object...Problem 12P:
** Tow objects with charges q and 4q are separated by 1.0 m. (a) Determine the charge (both sign and...Problem 13P:
* Salt crystal Four ions (Na+,Cl-,Na+,andCl-) in a row are each separated from their nearest...Problem 14P:
* A+106C charged object and a+2106C charged object are separated by 100 m. Where should a 1.0106C...Problem 15P:
15. **BIO Bee pollination Bees acquire an electric charge in flight from friction with the air,...Problem 16P:
16. * A triangle with equal sides of length 10 cm has charged objects at each corner. Determine the...Problem 17P:
17. You have a small metal sphere fixed on an insulating stand and another sphere attached to a...Problem 18P:
18. * After the experiment in Problem 17.17, you touch the sphere on the stand with your hand. Then...Problem 20P:
20. (a) Determine the change in electric potential energy of a system of two charged objects when a ...Problem 21P:
You have a system of two positively charged objects separated by some arbitrary finite distance. (a)...Problem 22P:
You have a system of two negatively charged objects separated by some arbitrary finite distance. (a)...Problem 23P:
23. Repeat (a)-(c) of Problem 17.22 for a system with a negatively charged object and a positively...Problem 24P:
The metal sphere on the top of a Van de Graaff generator has a relatively large positive charge. In...Problem 25P:
* EST An electron is 0.10 cm from an object with electric charge of +3.0106C.(a) Determine the...Problem 26P:
* (a) An object with charge q4=+3.010-9C is moved to position C from infinity (Figure P17.26 )....Problem 27P:
27. * An object with charge is moved from position C to position D in Figure P17.26 .
. All four...Problem 28P:
+8nCandq2=4nC are placed at marks x1=-2cmandx2=13cm. Where along the x-axis should you place a third...Problem 29P:
29. * Two small objects with charges + Q and -Q are fixed a distance a apart. (a) Show that if a...Problem 30P:
30. * A stationary block has a charge of . A 0.80-kg cart with a charge of is initially at rest and...Problem 31P:
Figure P17.31 shows four different configurations with equal-magnitude charges that are placed at...Problem 36P:
* Evaluate the solution Metal sphere 1 has charge q and is attached to an insulating stand that is...Problem 37P:
37. * Construct separate force diagrams for each charged object shown in Figure P17.37 . Use...Problem 38P:
38. “ The six objects shown in Figure P17.38 have equal-magnitude electric charge Adjacent objects...Problem 39P:
* A small metal ball with positive charge + q and mass m is attached to a very light string, as...Problem 40P:
40. * Four objects each with charge are located at the corners of a square whose sides are 2.0 m...Problem 41P:
41. * Two 5.0-g aluminum foil balls hang from 1.0-m-long threads that are suspended from the same...Problem 42P:
42. * A 6.0-g ball with charge hangs from a 0.50-m-long string at an angle of 87* below the...Problem 43P:
* A 0.40-kg cart with charge +4.010-8C starts at rest on a horizontal frictionless surface 0.50 m...Problem 44P:
A dust particle has an excess charge of 4106 electrons and a mass of 5108 g. It is initially held at...Problem 45P:
Electric accelerator A micro-transporter moves from one side of an evacuated chamber to another It...Problem 46P:
* You are holding at rest a small sphere A with electric charge +q and mass m at a distance d from...Problem 47P:
* A Van de Graaff generator is placed in rarefied air at 0.04 times the density of air at...Problem 48P:
48. * Two protons each of mass and charge +e are initially at rest and separated by (approximately...Problem 49P:
49. * Two protons, initially separated by a very large distance ( is infinity), move directly toward...Problem 50P:
* An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons together in one nucleus with a mass of...Problem 51P:
* Determine the speed that the proton shown in Figure P17.51 must be moving in order to get within...Problem 52GP:
52. ** Suppose that Earth and the Moon initially have zero charge. Then 1000 kg of electrons are...Problem 53GP:
53. * BIO Calcium ion synapse transfer Children have about synapses that can transfer signals...Problem 54GP:
54. A small ball D has a charge of and cannot move. You move another small ball E that has a charge...Problem 55GP:
55. *Two small balls A and B with equal charges + q are fixed at distances a and 2a from the origin...Problem 56GP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 57RPP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 58RPP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 59RPP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 60RPP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 61RPP:
Static cling You pull your domes from the dryer and find that they stick together you take off your...Problem 62RPP:
Static cling You pull your clothes from the dryer and find that they stick together. You take off...Problem 63RPP:
Electrostatic exploration Geologists sometimes analyze the distribution of materials under Earth's...Problem 64RPP:
Electrostatic exploration Geologists sometimes analyze the distribution of materials under Earth's...Problem 65RPP:
Electrostatic exploration Geologists sometimes analyze the distribution of materials under Earth's...Problem 66RPP:
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