charge is invisibly small but sparks are visible! what are they made of? why can we see them?
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Charge is invisibly small
but sparks are visible!What are they made of? Why can we see them?
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The sudden cascade of manyelectrons leaping across the gapproduce the visible flash of light
Light is NOT made up of electrons.When electrons jump they create“electromagnetic waves”of light.
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mproton = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 6748 kg
melectron=0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 0009 kg
mproton =
1e qe =1.602101019 Coulomb
1836melectron
Despite the mass difference, they carryexactly equal, but opposite, electric charges.
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electric chargeon 1 electron
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electric chargeon 1 proton
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How many electrons are there in 1 Coulomb of negative charge?
How many protons are there in 1 Coulomb of positive charge?
1e qe =1.602101019 Coulomb
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6,241,800,000,000,000,000 protons
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Two uniformly charged spheres are firmly fastened by insulated stands to frictionless
pucks which are set on an air table.
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Which force diagram below correctly shows the magnitude and direction of the electrostatic forces?
The charge on sphere 2 is 3 the charge on sphere 1.
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Felectro-static
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Charles Coulomb(1736 – 1806)
F = kQ1·Q2
R2electro-static
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F = kQ1·Q2
R2electro-static
k = 8.9875 109 N·m2
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which we can compare to:
F = Gm1·m2
R2grav
G = 6.67 10 11 N·m2
kg2
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What force exists between two concentrations of charge, each
1 coulomb separated by a center-to-center distance of 1 meter?
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The charge holding our balloons apart:
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4 discrete charges of magnitude, q, and the indicated (+/) signs, occupy the corners of a rectangle as shown.
The direction of the electric field, E , at the point shown is:
1) up2) left 3) right4) down5) other
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4 discrete charges of magnitude, q, and the indicated (+/) signs, occupy the corners of a rectangle as shown.
The direction of the electric field, E , at the point shown is:
1) up2) left 3) right4) down5) other
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4 discrete charges of magnitude, q, and the indicated (+/) signs, occupy the corners of a rectangle as shown.
The direction of the electric field, E , at the point shown is:
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Similarly, the earth can be thought of as surrounded by a gravitational field, or g-field.
Locally, near its surface, the g-field is constant and points down everywhere.
Its constant value (g = 9.8 m/sec2) is represented by the uniform spacing between field lines.
Note: the weight of any object is determined by multiplying its mass by the local value of g.
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Further away from earth’s surface the g-field weakens.
This decrease with distance is seenin the spreading out of field lines!
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Recall 2R
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Similarly: For a localized concentration of charge,Q
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The electric field [Force per coulomb of charge] describes the effective strength of a charge
in terms of its potential influence on any other charge that enters the space surrounding it.
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A spherical conductor carries a charge uniformly distributed across its surface:
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The E-field at the indicated position, points:
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The electric field at the very CENTER of this spherical conductor
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1. points out 4. points left2. points in 5. points right3. points up 6. points down 7. is zero
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What is the electric field at the very CENTER of this spherical conductor?
E = 0!!
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E = ?
1. points out 4. points left2. points in 5. points right3. points up 6. points down 7. is zero
The electric field at this off-CENTER point within the spherical conductor
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The electric field at this off-CENTER point within the spherical conductor
will be countered exactlyby the that due to the
equal amount of chargejust as far away below.
The electric field due to charge directly above this position
In fact a ring of equally distant charge will all have their influence at this point cancelled!
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The electric field at this off-CENTER point within the spherical conductor
Nearby charges create a strong electric field.
Much farther away, individual charges have a much smaller effect, but there are much more of them!
All of this balances beautifully and theelectric field even at off-center points
(in fact, EVERYWHERE) within the conductor is zero!
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That’s why fan motors or transformers(which can produce fluctuating electric fields)
are often shielded from the more sensitiveparts of circuits by “cans” of conducting metal.
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Conducting panels when screwed in place providea surrounding shield against stray electric fields!
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5) otherQUESTION 2
At the very center the electric field due to any single charge is exactly opposite to the field created by the charge at the opposite corner!
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For a spherical collection of charge the field lines are all directed along radial lines
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