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PYL101- Practice Sheet

1 Electric Fields In Matter


1. A sphere of radius R carries a polarization

P (r) = kr (1)

where k is a constant and r is the vector from the center.


(a) Calculate the bound charges σb and ρb .
(b) Find the field inside and outside the sphere.

2. A very long cylinder, of radius a, carries a uniform polarization P perpendic-


ular to its axis. Find the electric field inside the cylinder. Show that the field
outside the cylinder can be expressed in the form

a2
E(r) = [2(P.ŝ)ŝ − P ] (2)
2 ∗ ϵ0 ∗ s2

3. Calculate the potential of a uniformly polarized sphere directly from the


following equation.

V r) =
1
Z
r̂P (r )′
(3)
4πϵ0 V r2

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4. The space between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is filled with two
slabs of linear dielectric material. Each slab has thickness a, so the total dis-
tance between the plates is 2a. Slab 1 has a dielectric constant of 2, and slab
2 has a dielectric constant of 1.5. The free charge density on the top plate is σ
and on the bottom plate -σ.
(a) Find the electric displacement D in each slab.
(b) Find the electric field E in each slab.
(c) Find the polarization P in each slab.
(d) Find the potential difference between the plates.
(e) Find the location and amount of all bound charge.
(f) Now that you know all the charge (free and bound), recalculate the field in
each slab, and confirm your answer to (b).

5. A sphere of linear dielectric material has embedded in it a uniform free charge


density ρ. Find the potential at the center of the sphere (relative to infinity), if
its radius is R and its dielectric constant is ϵr .

6. Two long coaxial cylindrical metal tubes (inner radius a, outer radius b)
stand vertically in a tank of dielectric oil (susceptibility χe , mass density ρ).
The inner one is maintained at potential V , and the outer one is grounded . To
what height (h) does the oil rise in the space between the tubes?

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