PROBLEM 2: A thick, spherical, insulating shell has an inner radius a and an outer radius b. The region a< r < b has a volume charge density given by p = A/r where A is a positive constant. At the center of the shell is a point charge of electric charge +q Determine the value of A such that the electric field magnitude, in the region a < r < b, is constant.
A thick, spherical, insulating shell has an inner radius a and an outer radius b. The region a< r < b has a volume charge density given by p = A/r where A is a positive constant.
10.4) Thick insulating shell A thick insulating spherical shell has inner radius a and outer radius b. The shell carries a uniform volume charge density po. [A cross-sectional view of the shell is shown to the right.] (a) Consider a spherical Gaussian surface of radius r concentric with the shell. How much charge is enclosed in the Gaussian surface for p <a, a <r <b, and r > b? (b) What does symmetry dictate about the magnitude and direction of...
A thick insulating spherical shell of inner radius a=2.2R and outer radius b=7.8R has a uniform free charge density p. What is the magnitude of the electric field at 55.5R? Express your answer using one decimal place in units of = ? EO
A hollow insulating spherical shell of inner radius R0 and outer radius R1 is positively charged with a charge density of p(r) = p0(1 – (r/R1)3). A positive charge +Q is placed in the center of the hollow sphere and a concentric grounded conducting shell with inner radius R2 and outer radius R3 surrounds the hollow sphere. (The conducting shell was neutral before it is grounded.) (a) What is the total charge on the insulating sphere? (b) What charges are on the...
A thick insulating cylindrical shell of inner radius a=2.5R and outer radius b=6.4R has a uniform free charge density p. What is the magnitude of the electric field at r=3.9R? Express your answer using one decimal place in units of ρR/ε0 ?
A conducting spherical shell with inner radius a and outer radius b has a positive point charge Q located at its center. The total charge on the shell is -3Q, and it is insulated from its surroundings (Fig. P22.44) (a) Derive expressions for the electric-field magnitude E in terms of the distance from the center for the regions r < a, a < r < b, and r > b. What is the surface charge density (b) on the inner...
A smooth spherical shell of electricity insulating material with outer radius a and inner radius a/2. Inside of this sphere, also with a radius of a/2, is a conducting solid sphere. The conducting sphere has an excess amount of charge q. The density of the insulating sphere is p. A) What must be the value of p so that the total charge of this setup is 0? B) Using the value of p from part (A), what are the magnitude...
Constants A conducting spherical shell with inner radius a and outer radius b has a positive point charge Q located at its center. The total charge on the shell is -3Q, and it is insulated from its surroundings.Part A Derive the expression for the electric field magnitude in terms of the distance r from the center for the region r < a.
An insulating spherical shell of inner radius a 0.100 m and outer radius b 0.200 m has a non uniform charge density given by ρ(r)-α/r, where α +7.00 x 10-10 C/m4 (a) What is the electric field at a distance of 0.050 m from the center of the spherical shell? (b) What is the electric field at a distance of 0.150 m from the center of the spherical shell? (c) If an electron is orbiting the spherical shell at a...
An insulating hollow sphere of inner radius R1 and outer radius R2 has a uniform volume charge density pand carries a total positive charge Q. A. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field and the electric flux at a point r where: B. Sketch the electric field and the electric flux as a function of r.
A non-conducting thick spherical shell with inner radius a = 5 cm and outer radius b = 10 cm has a uniformly distributed volume charge density of p = 1.3 nC/m2. a) What is the total charge on the shell? Hint: think of the shell as a solid sphere with a volume in the center that's missing. b) Calculate the maximum electric field strength. c) Calculate the electric field at r = 2 cm. d) Calculate a symbolic equation for...