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Newton’s Laws
F ma
energy and its conservation
U spring k x x o
1 1 U grav mgy
KE mv 2
2
2 2
E KU Ef Ei Wother if
Pf Pi L z,f L z,i
Static Electricity
Properties of charges
like charges repel
unlike charges attract
charges can move but charge is conserved
q1q 2
F k 2
12 r12
Force is a vector quantity. The equation on the previous slide
gives the magnitude of the force. If the charges are opposite in
sign, the force is attractive; if the charges are the same in sign,
the force is repulsive. Also, the constant k is equal to 1/40,
where 0=8.85x10-12 C2/N·m2.
r12
+ -
If more than one charge is involved, the net force is the vector
sum of all forces (superposition). For objects with complex
shapes, you must add up all the forces acting on each separate
charge (turns into calculus!).
+ -
+ -
+ -
We could have agreed that in the formula for F, the symbols q1
and q2 stand for the magnitudes of the charges. In that case,
the absolute value signs would be unnecessary.
=30º
x
Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
52 cm
Step 0: Think!
We only want the forces on Q3. Don’t worry about other forces.
Forces are additive, so we can calculate F32 and F31 and add
the two.
30 cm
quantities—done.
=30º
Draw axes, showing x
origin and directions— Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
done. 52 cm
F31
30 cm
=30º
x
Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
52 cm
q1q 2
F k 2
12 r12
<complaining> “Do I have to put in the absolute value signs?”
r32=30 cm
repulsive
=30º
Q3 Q 2 x
F k 2 Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
32, y r32
52 cm
F 0 (from diagram)
32, x
Can you put numbers in at this point? OK for this problem. You
would get F32,y = 330 N and F32,x = 0 N.
Step 3 (continued)
Q3Q1 y
F k 2 , F32
31 r31 Q3=+65C
attractive F31
r32=30 cm
Q3Q1
F k 2 cos =30º
31, x r31 x
Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
(+ sign comes from
52 cm
diagram)
Q3Q1
F k 2 sin (- sign comes from diagram)
31, y r31
Can you put numbers in at this point? OK for this problem. You
would get F31,x = +120 N and F31,y = -70 N.
Step 3: Complete the Math
y
F32
Q3=+65C F3
The net force is the
vector sum of all the F31
30 cm
forces on Q3.
=30º
x
Q2=+50C Q1=-86C
52 cm
r12
1 q1q 2
F =
12 4πε 0 r12
2
, + -
Q1 Q2
m1m 2
F =G 2 , attractive
G r12
FG Units of g are
g(r) = actually N/kg!
m
This is your second starting equation. By convention the direction of the electric field
is the direction of the force exerted on a POSITIVE test charge. The absence of
absolute value signs around q0 means you must include the sign of q0 in your work.
If the test charge is "too big" it perturbs the electric field, so the
“correct” definition is
F0 You won’t be required to use
E = lim this version of the equation.
q 0 0 q
0
Any time you know the electric field, you can use this equation to calculate the force
on a charged particle in that electric field.
F0 N
The units of electric field are E = =
newtons/coulomb. q0 C
Subsequently, you will learn that the units of electric field can
also be expressed as volts/meter:
N V
E = =
C m
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys03/afieldint/default.htm
Today’s agendum:
q q
E q =k 2 , away from + …or just… E=k 2
r r
field point
Direction of forces?
Magnitudes of accelerations?
Shape of trajectories?
Example: an electron moving with velocity v0 in the positive x
direction enters a region of uniform electric field that makes a
right angle with the electron’s initial velocity. Express the
position and velocity of the electron as a function of time.
y
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
x
-
v0 E
+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
P + +
D D
We get the electric field for the line of charge by adding the
electric fields for all the infinitesimal point charges.
dx
dx
If charge is distributed along a straight line segment parallel to
the x-axis, the amount of charge dq on a segment of length dx
is dx.
I’m assuming positively charged objects
in these “distribution of charges” slides.
dE
P
r’
r' x
dq
1 dq 1 dx
dE = r' = r'
4πε 0 r'2
4πε 0 r' 2
E
P
r’
r' x
dq
1 λ(x) dx
E=
4πε 0 r'
r' 2
.
The integration is carried out over the entire length of the line, which need
not be straight. Also, could be a function of position, and can be taken
outside the integral only if the charge distribution is uniform.
Example: calculate the electric field due to an infinite line of
positive charge.
If you need it, you can look this integral up; your instructor will give it to or let you look it up in
the text.
Example: calculate the electric field due to an infinite line of
positive charge.
Today’s agendum:
Review.
r12
1 q1q 2
F =
12 4πε 0 r12
2
, + -
Q1 Q2
F
E= -
E
q F
Review.
+q + - -q
The charge on this dipole is q (not zero, not +q, not –q, not
2q). The distance between the charges is d. Dipoles are
“everywhere” in nature.
This is an electric dipole. Later in the course we’ll study magnetic dipoles, which, as you might
guess, have a north and a south magnetic pole.
The Electric Field of a Dipole
P
qi
E=k rˆ 2
i ri
to be worked at the blackboard L qd
E
4 o r 3
+q + - -q
d
P
qd
E
4 o r 3
d
Today’s agendum:
Review.
1 q
E = r
4πε 0 r 2
1 q i
E = E i = i r 2 r i
i 4πε 0 i
dx
dx
dE
P
r’
r' x
dq
1 dq 1 dx
dE = r' = r'
4πε 0 r'2
4πε 0 r' 2
E
P
r’
r' x
dq
1 λ(x) dx
E=
4πε 0 r'
r' 2
.
The integration is carried out over the entire length of the line, which need
not be straight. Also, could be a function of position, and can be taken
outside the integral only if the charge distribution is uniform.
If charge is distributed over a two-dimensional surface, the
amount of charge dq on an infinitesimal piece of the surface is
dS, where is the surface density of charge (amount of
charge per unit area).
y
charge dq = dS
area = dS
y
dE
P
r’
r'
x
1 dq 1 dS
dE = r' = r'
4πε 0 r'2
4πε 0 r'2
y
E
P
r’
r'
x
1 (x, y) dS
E=
4πε 0 S
r'
r'2
After you have seen the above, I hope you believe that the net
electric field at P due to a three-dimensional distribution of
charge is…
z E
P
r’
r'
x
1 (x, y, z) dV
E=
4πε 0 V
r'
r'2
.
Summarizing:
1 λ dx
Charge distributed along a line: E=
4πε 0 r' 2 .
r'
1 dS
Charge distributed over a surface: E= r' 2 .
4πε 0 S r'
1 dV
Charge distributed inside a volume: E= r' 2 .
4πε 0 V r'
1 λ dx 1 dS 1 dV
E=
4πε 0 r' 2
r'
E= r' 2
4πε 0 S r'
E= r' 2
4πε 0 V r'
1 q 1 dq
Just start with E = r or dE = .
4πε 0 r 2
4πε 0 r 2
The Electric Field
Due to a Continuous Charge Distribution
(worked examples)
Example: A rod of length L has a uniform charge per unit length
and a total charge Q. Calculate the electric field at a point P
along the axis of the rod at a distance d from one end.
P x
d L
Let’s put the origin at P. The linear charge density and Q are
related by
Q
= and Q = L
L
d L
The electric field points away from the rod. By symmetry, the
electric field on the axis of the rod has no y-component. dE
from the charge on an infinitesimal length dx of rod is
dq dx
dE = k 2 k 2
x x
d L
dL
d+L d+L dx ˆ d+L dx ˆ 1 ˆ
E = dE x = -k i = -k i = -k i
x d
2 2
d d x d x
1 1 ˆ d d L ˆ L ˆ kQ ˆ
E = -k i = -k i= -k i= - i
dL d d d L d d L d d L
Example: A ring of radius a has a uniform charge per unit
length and a total positive charge Q. Calculate the electric field
at a point P along the axis of the ring at a distance x0 from its
center.
dQ
By symmetry, the y- and z-
a r components of E are zero,
P x
and all points on the ring
x0 are a distance r from point
dE P.
dQ
dQ No absolute value
dE=k 2 signs because Q is
positive.
a r r
P dQ
x0
x
dE x =k 2 cos
r
dE
x0
r = x a 2
0
2
cos For a given x0, r is a constant
r for points on the ring.
dQ x 0 x0 x0 kx 0Q
E x dE x k 2 k 3 ring dQ k r3 Q x 2 a 2 3/ 2
ring ring
r r r 0
kxQ
Or, in general, on the ring axis E x,ring .
a
x 2
2 3/ 2
Example: A disc of radius R has a uniform charge per unit area
. Calculate the electric field at a point P along the central axis
of the disc at a distance x0 from its center.
We can use the equation on the previous slide for the electric
field due to a ring, replace a by r, and integrate from r=0 to
r=R.
kx 0 2rdr
dE ring .
x 2
0 r
2 3/ 2 Caution! I’ve switched
the “meaning” of r!
dQ
r
P x
R x0
kx 0 2rdr R 2r dr
Ex dE kx 0
x x
x
2 3/ 2 2 3/ 2
disc disc
2
0 r 0 2
0 r
x2 r
R
2 1/ 2
x
2k 0 x
E x kx 0
0 0
1/ 2 x 0 x 2 R 2 1/ 2
0 0
Example: Calculate the electric field at a distance x0 from an
infinite plane sheet with a uniform charge density .
1
Let R and use k to get
4 0
Esheet .
20
Review.
- +
Example: draw the electric field lines for charges +2e and -1e,
separated by a fixed distance.
Today’s agendum:
Review.
qd
E .
4 o r 3
F+
+q
p E
-q
F-
F F F qE qE 0.
E
F+
+q
p ½ d sin
½ d sin -q
F-
d sin d sin
2 qE 2 qE qdE sin ,
and in this case the direction is into the plane of the figure.
Expressed as a vector,
p E. Recall that the unit of torque is
N·m, which is not a joule!
E
F+
+q
p ½ d sin
½ d sin -q
F-
E
F+
+q
p
-q
F-
Electric flux.
You must be able to calculate the electric flux through a surface.
Gauss’ “Law.”
You must be able to use Gauss’ “Law” to calculate the electric field of a high-symmetry
charge distribution.
Electric Flux
*There are 3 kinds of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can’t.
The electric flux passing through a surface is the number of
electric field lines that pass through it.
E E lim
Ai 0
E A
i i
A
dA i
E E dA
If the surface is closed (completely encloses a volume)…
*There are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who can count in binary, and those who can’t.
What is this thing?
E E dA Closed surface. Most general. Most complex.
Electric flux.
You must be able to calculate the electric flux through a surface.
Gauss’ “Law.”
You must be able to use Gauss’ “Law” to calculate the electric field of a high-symmetry
charge distribution.
Solve for E.
Example: calculate the electric field outside a long cylinder of
finite radius R with a uniform volume charge density spread
throughout the volume of the cylinder.
The cylinder being “long” and the radius “finite” are “code
words” that tell you to neglect end effects from the cylinder
(i.e., assume it is infinitely long).
Already done!
Solve for E.
R 2
E
20 r
Example: use Gauss’ “Law” to calculate the electric field due to
a long line of charge, with linear charge density .
These are easy using Gauss’ “Law” (remember what a pain they
were in the previous chapter). Study these examples and others
in your text!
E line .
20 r
E sheet .
20
Today’s agendum:
Electric flux.
You must be able to calculate the electric flux through a surface.
Gauss’ “Law.”
You must be able to use Gauss’ “Law” to calculate the electric field of a high-symmetry
charge distribution.
-Q
a q enclosed
+2Q E dA o
b
Example (if time permits): an insulating sphere of radius a has
a uniform charge density ρ and a total positive charge Q.
Calculate the electric field at a point inside the sphere
q enclosed
E dA o
r
a