In the figure below, a small circular hole of radius R = 1.80 cm
has been cut in the middle of an infinite, flat, nonconducting
surface that has uniform charge density σ = 6.70 pC/m2.
A z-axis, with its origin at the hole's center, is perpendicular to
the surface. In unit-vector notation, what is the
electric field at point P at z = 2.68 cm? (Hint: See Eq. 22-26 and
use superposition.)
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The concepts required to solve the given problem are, electric field around an infinite plane with uniform charge density and electric field for a uniformly charged disk along its axis.
For a given charge density, use the expression of electric field for an infinite plane and electric field for a disk at a distance z, to determine an expression for electric field vector at the desired point P. Next, for the given values of evaluate the expression thus obtained to solve for the electric field vector at P.
On an xy plane, electric field around an infinite flat surface with uniform charge density is expressed as,
Here, is the electric field vector along an axis normal to the surface of the plane, is the Coulomb constant, is the unit vector along z axis, and denotes surface charge density.
The above expression of electric field is valid only for .
On an xy plane, electric field for a uniformly charged disk along its axis is expressed as,
Here, z is the distance along positive z axis and r is the radius of the disk.
The electric field vector for an infinite flat surface with uniform charge density is,
Here, is the electric field vector along an axis normal to the surface of the infinite plane.
The electric field vector for a given hole is expressed as,
Here, the hole is considered to have charge density of , is the electric field vector for the hole, is the radius of the hole, and z is the distance of point P along z axis, from the center of the hole.
Calculate the Net electric field for the given infinite flat surface with hole as,
Substitute, for and for .
Thus,
…… (1)
From equation (1),
Substitute, for , for , for , and for .
Ans:
The electric field vector at P is .
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