problem1 - Charge in a Cube

Q=3.76 nC is at the center of a cube. What is the

electric flux through one of the sides?

Q / 0
Since a cube has 6 identical sides and the point charge is at the center
one face

1Q
Nm 2

(substitute the numerical values) 70.8
6 6 0
C

Problem 2 :
Two large thin metal plates with surface charge densities of
opposite signs but equal magnitude of 44.27 1020 Cm2 are
placed parallel and close to each other. What is the field
(i) To the left of the plates?
(ii) To the right of the plates?
(iii) Between the plates?
Electric field exists only in the region between the plates.
Therefore,
(i), (ii) E = 0

(iii) = 44.2710

20

Cm 2,

44.271020
8
1
E=
=
=510
NC
0 8.8541012

Norah Ali Al-moneef

King Saud university

problem3 :
A spherical shell of radius 10 cm has a charge 2106 C distributed
uniformly over its surface. Find the electric field
(a) Inside the shell
(b) Just outside the shell
(c) At a point 15 cm away from the centre

q = 2 106 C,

R = 0.1 m, r = 0.15 m

(a) Inside the shell, electric field is zero

1
(b) E =
4

q
0

= 910

2106
0.12

= 1.8106 NC1

1
(c) E' =
4

q
0

= 910

2106
0.152

=8105 NC1
Norah Ali Al-moneef
King Saud university

problem4 :
A 5 nC charge is placed inside of a cubic surface. The cube is
measured to be 0.5 m per side. What is the flux through the
cube?

Q / 0

5 109

8.85 1012

problem5 :
Ex) What is the electric flux through this disk of radius
r = 0.10 m if the uniform electric field has a magnitude
E = 2.0x103 N/C?

E EAcos (2.0 103 ) ( r 2 ) cos 300

2

(2.0 10 ) (3.14 10 ) 0.866 54 N m / C

3

Norah Ali Al-moneef

King Saud university

Two infinite parallel

ur
sheets
of
charge
Due to uniform surface charge density, E surface of the sheet
Region II

ur uur uuu
r
E=E1 E 2
Region I
ur
uur uuu
r
E= E1 +E 2

( A B )
20

( A + B )
2 0

Two infinite parallel

sheets of charge

Region III

ur uur uuu
r
E=E1 +E 2
=

( A + B )
2 0

Special
Case
The sheets have equal and opposite charge density
If

II

III

, then B

E0

In regions I and III, E = 0

In region II,

as

( )

20
0

A B ( ) 0

E 0

problem6 :
Consider a thin spherical shell of radius 14.0 cm
with a total charge of 32.0 C distributed
uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field
(a)10.0 cm and
(b)20.0 cm from the center of the charge
distribution.

problem7 :
A sphere of radius 8.0 cm carries a uniform volume charge
density r = 500 nC/m3. What is the electric field magnitude at r
= 8.1 cm?
3

9
q V 500 10 4 3.14 (8 10 2)
3

2
500 10 4 3.14 (8 10 )
q
9
E K 2 9 10
2
r
(8.110 2)

Norah Ali Al-moneef

King Saud university

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Problem 8:
A long, straight wire is surrounded by a hollow metal cylinder
whose axis coincides with that of the wire. The wire has a
charge per unit length of , and the cylinder has a net charge
per unit length of 2. From this information, use Gausss law to
find (a) the charge per unit length on the inner and outer
surfaces of the cylinder and (b) the electric field outside the
cylinder, a distance r from the axis.

0 l qin

qin

l

2 k e 3
6ke
3
E

radially outward
r
r
2 0 r

Problem 9:
A uniformly charged, straight filament 7.00 m in length has a total positive
charge of 2.00 C. An uncharged cardboard cylinder 2.00 cm in length and
10.0 cm in radius surrounds the filament at its center, with the filament as the
axis of the cylinder. Using reasonable approximations, find (a) the electric
field at the surface of the cylinder and
(b) the total electric flux through the cylinder.

9
2
2
6

2
8.99

10
N

m
C
2.00

10
C
7.00
m
2k e

r
0.100 m

E 51.4 kN C , radially outward

E EA cos E 2 r l cos 0

E 5.14 10 4 N C 2 0.100 m 0.020 0 m 1.00 646 N m 2 C

Norah Ali Al-moneef
King Saud university

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Problem 10:
A square plate of copper with 50.0-cm sides has no
net charge and is placed in a region of uniform
electric field of 80.0 kN/C directed perpendicularly
to the plate. Find
(a) the charge density of each face of the plate and
(b)the total charge on each face.
8.00 10 4 8.85 10 12 7.08 10 7 C m 2

Q A 7.08 10 7 0.500

Q 1.77 10 7 C 177 nC

A point charge q = +2 C is at the center of a sphere

of radius 0.5 m. (a) Find the surface area of the sphere.
(b) Find the magnitude of the electric field at points on
the surface of the sphere. (c) What is the flux of the
electric field due to the point charge through the
surface of the sphere? (d) Would your answer to part
(c)
change if the point charge were moved so that it was
inside the sphere but not at its center? (e) What is the
net flux through a cube of side 1 m that encloses the
sphere?
(a) A = 4r2
A = 3.14 m2
(b) E = 7.19104 N/C
(c) = EA cos = EA
= 2.26105 N.m2/C