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Worksheet 4 Electric Fields: Electrical Force Between Two Protons Gravitational Force Between Two Protons

The document discusses electric fields and potential. It contains: 1) Definitions of electric field strength and electric potential at a point. 2) Equations for electric field strength due to a point charge and between two point charges. 3) Examples calculating electric field strength, potential, and force in situations involving charged spheres and point charges.

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Worksheet 4 Electric Fields: Electrical Force Between Two Protons Gravitational Force Between Two Protons

The document discusses electric fields and potential. It contains: 1) Definitions of electric field strength and electric potential at a point. 2) Equations for electric field strength due to a point charge and between two point charges. 3) Examples calculating electric field strength, potential, and force in situations involving charged spheres and point charges.

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Worksheet 4 Electric Fields

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(b) the electric field strength at the surface of
1. (a) Explain what is meant by the electric the dome
field strength at a point. [2]
[1] (c) the force on a proton near the surface of
the dome.
(b) Explain what is meant by the electric [1]
potential at a point.
[1]
6. (a) An isolated charged sphere of
2. The electric field strength E at a distance r diameter
from a point charge Q may be written as: 10 cm carries a charge of −2000 nC.
Q Calculate the potential at its surface.
E=k r
2 [3]
What is the value for k?
[1] (b) Calculate the work that must be done to
bring an electron from infinity to the surface of
3. A spherical metal dome of radius 15 cm is the dome.
electrically charged. It has a positive charge [2]
of
+2.5 μC distributed uniformly on its surface. 7. Describe some of the similarities and
differences between the electrical force due
(a) Calculate the electric field strength on the to a point charge and the gravitational force
surface of the dome. due to a point mass.
[3] [6]

(b) Explain how your answer to (a) would


change at a distance of 30 cm from the 8. The diagram shows two point charges.
surface of the dome.
[2]

4. The diagram shows two point charges.


The point X is midway between the charges. Calculate the distance x of point P from
charge +Q where the net electric field
strength is zero.

[6]

(a) Calculate the electric field strength at


point X due to: 9. Show that the ratio:
(i) the +20 μC charge [3] electrical force between two protons
(ii) the +40 μC charge. [2] gravitational force between two protons

(b) Calculate the resultant electric field is about 1036 and is independent of the actual
strength at point X. separation between the protons.
[2] [6]

5. The dome of a van de Graaff generator 10. A helium nucleus consists of two protons
has a diameter of 30 cm and is at a potential and two neutrons. Its diameter is about 10−15
of m.
+20 000 V. Calculate:
(a) the charge on the dome
[2]
Worksheet 4 Electric Fields
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(a) Calculate the force of electrostatic
repulsion between two protons at this
separation. [2]

(b) Calculate the potential at a distance of


10–15 m from the centre of a proton.
[2]

(c) How much work would need to be done


to bring two protons this close to each other?
[2]

(d) If one proton were stationary, at what


speed would the second proton need to be
fired at it to get this close? (Ignore any
relativistic effects.)

[3]

Examination Questions An electron is emitted with negligible speed from


A and travels along AB.
1. Two charged points A and B are
separated by a distance of 6.0 cm, as shown (a) State the relation between electric field
in Fig. 3.1. strength E and potential V. [2]

(b) The area below the line of the graph of Fig.


3.2 represents the potential difference between A
and B.
Use Fig. 3.2 to determine the potential difference
between A and B. [4]

(c) Use your answer to (b) to calculate the speed


The variation with distance d from A of the electric of the electron as it reaches point B. [2]
field strength E along the line AB is shown in
Fig. 3.2. (d) (i) Use Fig. 3.2 to determine the value of d at
which the electron has maximum acceleration.
[1]
(ii) Without any further calculation, describe the
variation with distance d of the acceleration of the
electron. [2]
(J07/Q3)

2. (a) Define electric potential at a point. [2]

(b) Two isolated point charges A and B are


separated by a distance of 30.0 cm, as shown in
Fig. 4.1.
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The charge at A is + 3.6 × 10–9 C.

The variation with distance x from A along AB of


the potential V is shown in Fig. 4.2.

(i) State the value of x at which the potential is


zero. [1]
(ii) Use your answer in (i) to determine the charge
at B. [3]

(c) A small test charge is now moved along the


line AB in (b) from x = 5.0 cm to x = 27 cm.
State and explain the value of x at which the force
on the test charge will be maximum. [3]
(J 08/Q4)

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