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Transcript of Chapter 16 Electric Forces and Electric Fields. Fundamental Forces of Nature.
Chapter 16
Electric Forces andElectric Fields
Fundamental Forces of Nature
A Bit of History
• Ancient Greeks– Observed electric and magnetic phenomena as
early as 700 BC• Found that amber, when rubbed, became electrified
and attracted pieces of straw or feathers• Magnetic forces were discovered by observing
magnetite attracting iron
A Bit More History
• William Gilbert– 1600– Found that electrification was not limited to
amber
• Charles Coulomb– 1785– Confirmed the inverse square relationship of
electrical forces
History Final• Hans Oersted
– 1820– Compass needle deflects when placed near an electrical current
• Michael Faraday– A wire moved near a magnet, an electric current is observed in the
wire
• James Clerk Maxwell– 1865-1873– Formulated the laws of electromagnetism
• Hertz– Verified Maxwell’s equations
Properties of Electric Charges
• Two types of charges exist– They are called positive and negative– Named by Benjamin Franklin
• Like charges repel and unlike charges attract one another
• Nature’s basic carrier of positive charge is the proton– Protons do not move from one material to another
because they are held firmly in the nucleus
More Properties of Charge
• Nature’s basic carrier of negative charge is the electron– Gaining or losing electrons is how an object
becomes charged• Electric charge is always conserved– Charge is not created, only exchanged– Objects become charged because negative charge
is transferred from one object to another
Properties of Charge, final
• Charge is quantized– All charge is a multiple of a fundamental unit of
charge, symbolized by e• Quarks are the exception
– Electrons have a charge of –e– Protons have a charge of +e– The SI unit of charge is the Coulomb (C)• e = 1.6 x 10-19 C
Conductors
• Conductors are materials in which the electric charges move freely– Copper, iron, aluminum and silver are good
conductors (metals)– When a conductor is charged in a small region,
the charge readily distributes itself over the entire surface of the material
Insulators
• Insulators are materials in which electric charges do not move freely– Glass and rubber are examples of insulators– When insulators are charged by rubbing, only the
rubbed area becomes charged• There is no tendency for the charge to move into other
regions of the material
Charging by Conduction
• A charged object (the rod) is placed in contact with another object (the sphere)
• Some electrons on the rod can move to the sphere
• When the rod is removed, the sphere is left with a charge
• The object being charged is always left with a charge having the same sign as the object doing the charging
Charging by Induction
• When an object is connected to a conducting wire or pipe buried in the earth, it is said to be grounded
• A negatively charged rubber rod is brought near an uncharged sphere
• The charges in the sphere are redistributed– Some of the electrons in the
sphere are repelled from the electrons in the rod
Coulomb’s Law
• Mathematically,
• ke is called the Coulomb Constant– ke = 8.99 x 109 N m2/C2
• Typical charges can be in the µC range– Remember, Coulombs must be used in the equation
• Remember that force is a vector quantity
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Coulomb’s Law
• Coulomb showed that an electrical force has the following properties:– It is inversely proportional to the square of the
separation between the two particles and is along the line joining them
– It is proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges q1 and q2 on the two particles
– It is attractive if the charges are of opposite signs and repulsive if the charges have the same signs
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Vector Nature of Electric Forces
• Two point charges are separated by a distance r
• The like charges produce a repulsive force between them
• The force on q1 is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force on q2
Vector Nature of Forces, cont.
• Two point charges are separated by a distance r
• The unlike charges produce a attractive force between them
• The force on q1 is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force on q2
Electrical Forces are Field Forces
• This is the second example of a field force– Gravity was the first
• Remember, with a field force, the force is exerted by one object on another object even though there is no physical contact between them
• There are some important differences between electrical and gravitational forces
Electrical Force Compared to Gravitational Force
• Both are inverse square laws• The mathematical form of both laws is the
same• Electrical forces can be either attractive or
repulsive• Gravitational forces are always attractive
18.5 Coulomb’s Law
COULOMB’S LAW
The magnitude of the electrostatic force exerted by one point chargeon another point charge is directly proportional to the magnitude of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance betweenthem.
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18.5 Coulomb’s Law
Example 4 Three Charges on a Line
Determine the magnitude and direction of the net force on q1.
18.5 Coulomb’s Law
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Superposition Principle Example
• The force exerted by q1 on q3 is F13
• The force exerted by q2 on q3 is F23
• The total force exerted on q3 is the vector sum of F13 and F23
Electrical Field
• Maxwell developed an approach to discussing fields
• An electric field is said to exist in the region of space around a charged object– When another charged object enters this electric
field, the field exerts a force on the second charged object
Direction of Electric Field
• The electric field produced by a negative charge is directed toward the charge– A positive test charge
would be attracted to the negative source charge
Electric Field, cont.
• A charged particle, with charge Q, produces an electric field in the region of space around it
• A small test charge, qo, placed in the field, will experience a force
See example 15.4 & 5
Electric Field
• Mathematical Definition,
• The electric field is a vector quantity• The direction of the field is defined to be the
direction of the electric force that would be exerted on a small positive test charge placed at that point
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Example 6 A Test Charge
The positive test charge has a magnitude of 3.0x10-8C and experiences a force of 6.0x10-8N.
(a)Find the force per coulomb that the test chargeexperiences.
(b)Predict the force that a charge of +12x10-8Cwould experience if it replaced the test charge.
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18.6 The Electric Field
Example 10 The Electric Field of a Point Charge
The isolated point charge of q=+15μC isin a vacuum. The test charge is 0.20m to the right and has a charge qo=+15μC.
Determine the electric field at point P.
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18.6 The Electric Field
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18.6 The Electric Field
Example 11 The Electric Fields from Separate Charges May Cancel
Two positive point charges, q1=+16μC and q2=+4.0μC are separated in avacuum by a distance of 3.0m. Find the spot on the line between the chargeswhere the net electric field is zero.
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18.6 The Electric Field
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Electric Field Line Patterns
• Point charge• The lines radiate
equally in all directions
• For a positive source charge, the lines will radiate outward
Electric Field Lines, cont.
• The field lines are related to the field as follows:– The electric field vector, E, is tangent to the
electric field lines at each point– The number of lines per unit area through a
surface perpendicular to the lines is proportional to the strength of the electric field in a given region
Electric Field Line Patterns
• For a negative source charge, the lines will point inward
Electric Field Line Patterns
• An electric dipole consists of two equal and opposite charges
• The high density of lines between the charges indicates the strong electric field in this region
Electric Field Line Patterns
• Two equal but like point charges
• At a great distance from the charges, the field would be approximately that of a single charge of 2q
• The bulging out of the field lines between the charges indicates the repulsion between the charges
• The low field lines between the charges indicates a weak field in this region
Electric Field Patterns
• Unequal and unlike charges
• Note that two lines leave the +2q charge for each line that terminates on -q
Property 4
• On an irregularly shaped conductor, the charge accumulates at locations where the radius of curvature of the surface is smallest (that is, at sharp points)
Rules for Drawing Electric Field Lines
• The lines for a group of charges must begin on positive charges and end on negative charges– In the case of an excess of charge, some lines will
begin or end infinitely far away• The number of lines reflects the magnitude of
the charge• No two field lines can cross each other
Electric Field in a ConductorFour Properties
1. The electric field is zero everywhere inside the conducting material
2. Any excess charge on an isolated conductor resides entirely on its surface
3. The electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the conductor’s surface
Van de GraaffGenerator
• An electrostatic generator designed and built by Robert J. Van de Graaff in 1929
• Charge is transferred to the dome by means of a rotating belt
• Eventually an electrostatic discharge takes place
Fig. P15.50, p. 494
2300 N/C
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Find the charge on the ball if the system is at equilibrium.
Electric Flux—A measure of E field density
• Field lines penetrating an area A perpendicular to the field
• The product of EA is the flux, Φ
• In general:– ΦE = E A cos θ
– A is perpendicular to E
θExample: Find the electric flux through a 0.2m2 areawhere θ=20 deg, and the electric field is 30N/C.
Gauss’s LawElectric Field of a Charged Thin Spherical Shell
• The calculation of electric flux through a surface ΦE = E A cos θ =keq (4r2) = 4keq = q r2 εo
Where:εo = 1/4ke
εo is the permittivity of free space and equals 8.85 x 10-12 C2/Nm2
Gauss’ Law
• Gauss’ Law states that the electric flux through any closed surface is equal to the net charge Q inside the surface divided by εo
– εo is the permittivity of free space and equals 8.85 x 10-12 C2/Nm2
– The area in Φ is an imaginary surface that the electric field permeates. It does not have to coincide with the surface of a physical object
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Chapter 16 Summary
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ke is called the Coulomb Constantke = 8.99 x 109 N m2/C2
εo is the permittivity of free space and equals 8.85 x 10-12 C2/Nm2
ΦE = E A Units: Nm2/C A is perpendicular to E
Units: N/C
Electric Field of a Nonconducting Plane Sheet of Charge
• Use a cylindrical Gaussian surface
• The flux through the ends is EA, there is no field through the curved part of the surface
• The total charge is Q = σA
• Note, the field is uniformo2E
Direction of Electric Field, cont
• The electric field produced by a positive charge is directed away from the charge– A positive test charge
would be repelled from the positive source charge