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Electrostatics

Problem Sheet
Ritvik Suri

Irodov Selected Ques


1 Problem
A thin wire ring of radius r has an electric charge q. What will be the increment
of the force stretching the wire if a point charge q0 is placed at the ring’s centre?
(Original Source Problem 5)

2 Problem
Point charges q and -q are located at the vertices of a square with diagonals 2l
as shown in Figure . Find the magnitude of the electric field strength at a point
located symmetrically with respect to the vertices of the square at a distance x
from its centre.(Original Source Problem 7)

3 Problem
. A point charge q is located at the centre of a thin ring of radius R with
uniformly distributed charge -q. Find the magnitude of the electric field strength

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vector at the point lying on the axis of the ring at a distance x from its centre,
if x << R .(Original Source Problem 10)

4 Problem
A system consists of a thin charged wire ring of radius R and a very long
uniformly charged thread oriented along the axis of the ring, with one of its
ends coinciding with the centre of the ring. The total charge of the ring is
equal to q. The charge of the thread (per unit length) is equal to λ.Find the
interaction force between the ring and the thread(Original Source Problem 11)

5 Problem
A thread carrying a uniform charge λ per unit length has the configurations
shown in Figure a and b. Assuming a curvature radius R to be considerably less
than the length of the thread, find the magnitude of the electric field strength
at the point O.(Original Source Problem 15)

6 Problem
Find the electric field strength vector at the centre of a ball of radius R with
volume charge density ρ = a⃗r, where a is a constant vector, and r is a radius
vector drawn from the ball’s centre.(Original Source Problem 18)

7 Problem
Two point charges q and -q are separated by the distance 2l Figure.Find the flux
of the electric field strength vector across a circle of radius R.(Original Source
Problem 20)

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8 Problem
The electric field strength depends only on the x and y coordinates according
⃗i+y⃗j
to the law E = a(xx2 +y 2 where a is a constant, i and j are the unit vectors of the
x and y axis. Find the flux of the vector E through a sphere of radius R with
its centre at the origin of coordinates(Original Source Problem 24)

9 Problem
A ball of radius R carries a positive charge whose volume density depends only
on a separation r from the ball’s centre as ρ = ρ0 (1 − Rr ) where ρ0 is a constant.
Assuming the permittivities of the ball and the environment to be equal to
unity, find:
(a) the magnitude of the electric field strength as a function of the distance
r both inside the outside the ball;
(b) the maximum intensity Emax and the corresponding distance rm (Original
Source Problem 24)

10 Problem
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A space is filled up with a charge with volume density ρ = ρ0 e−αr where ρ0 and
α are positive constants, r is the distance from the centre of this system. Find
the magnitude of the electric field strength vector as a function of r. Investigate
the obtained expression for the small and large values of r, ie at αr3 << 1 and
αr3 >> 1 (Original Source Problem 27)

11 Problem
Find the electric field potential and strength at the centre of a hemisphere of
radius R charged uniformly with the surface density σ (Original Source Problem
32)

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12 Problem
Find the potential ϕ at the edge of a thin disc of radius R carrying the uniformly
distributed charge with surface density σ:(Original Source Problem 34)

13 Problem
. Determine the electric field strength vector if the potential of this field depends
on x, y coordinates as (a)ϕ = a(x2 − y 2 ) (b) ϕ = axy, where a is a constant.
Draw the approximate shape of these fields using lines of force (in the x, y
plane)(Original Source Problem 36)

14 Problem
Demonstrate that the potential of the field generated by a dipole with the
electric moment p (Fig) may be represented as ϕ = 4πepr0 r3 , where r is the
radius vector. Using this expression, find the magnitude of the electric field
strength vector as a function of r and θ.(Original Source Problem 39)

15 Problem
A point electric dipole with a moment p is placed in the external uniform elec-
tric field whose strength equals E0 , with p||E . In this case one of the equipo-
tential surfaces enclosing the dipole forms a sphere. Find the radius of this
sphere.(Original Source Problem 41)

16 Problem
Two thin parallel threads carry a uniform charge with linear densities λ and
−λ. The distance between the threads is equal to l. Find the potential of the

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electric field and the magnitude of its strength vector at the distance r >> l at
the angle θ to the vector l (Fig).(Original Source Problem 42)

17 Problem
6. A dipole with an electric moment p is located at a distance r from a long
thread charged uniformly with a linear density λ.Find the force F acting on the
dipole if the vector p is oriented (a) along the thread; (b) along the radius vector
⃗r; (c) at right angles to the thread and the radius vector ⃗r. (Original Source
Problem 46)

18 Problem
Find the potential ϕ(x, y) of an electrostatic field E = a(y⃗i + x⃗j), where a is
a constant, i and j are the unit vectors of the x and y axes (Original Source
Problem 48)

19 Problem
The field potential in a certain region of space depends only on the x coordinate
as ϕ = −ax3 + b , where a and b are constants. Find the distribution of the
space charge ρ(x). (Original Source Problem 51)

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