Assignment I/PHY102_3/Autumn 2019

Electric Potential

(1) Two large parallel plates carry opposite charges. They are separated by 0.1m and
potential between them is 500V. (a) What is the electric field? (b) Compute the work done
by this field on a charge 2.0  10-9 C as it moves from higher potential plate to lower
potential plate.
(2) A particle of charge + 3.0 10-9 C is in a uniform electric field directed to the left. It is
released from rest and moves a distance of 5 cm after its kinetic energy is found to be +
4.5 10-5 J . (a) What was the work done by the electrical force? (b) What is the magnitude
of the electric field? (c) What is the potential difference between two points?
(3) A charge of 2.5 10-8C is placed in an upwardly directed electric field of magnitude
5 104 N/C .What is the work of the electrical force when the charge is moved (a) 45 cm to
the right? (b) 80 cm downward? (c) 60 cm upward? (d) 260cm at an angle of 45° upward
from the horizontal?
(4) Two point charges q = + 4010-9 C and q = 3010-9 C are 10 cm apart. Pont A is
midway between them; point B is 8 cm from q1 and 6cm from q2. Find (a) the potential at
point A (b) the potential at point B and (c) the work required to carry a charge of 2510-9 C
from point B to A.
(5) In the Bohr model of hydrogen atom, a single electron revolves a single proton in a circle
of radius R.
(a) By equating the electrical force to the electron mass times its acceleration, derive an
expression for the electron’s speed
(b) Obtain an expression for the electron’s kinetic energy, and show that its magnitude is
just half that of the electrical potential energy.
(c) Obtain the expression for the total energy, and evaluate it using R = 0.52810-10m.

Reference: University Physics by Sears, Zemansky and Young, Sixth Edition : Ch. 26.

Capacitance & Dielectrics

(6) An air capacitor is made up from two parallel plates 0.5mm apart .The magnitude of the
charge in each plate is 0.01C when the potential difference is 200V (a) What is the
capacitance? (b) What is the area of each plate? (c) What maximum voltage can be applied
without dielectric breakdown? (d) When the charge is 0.01C what total energy is stored?

Date of submission: on or before 27th October 2019

(7) A parallel plate air capacitor consisting of two closely spaced parallel plates has a
capacitance of 0.001F (a) What potential difference is required for a charge of 0.5C on
each plate? (b)What is the total stored energy? (c)If the plates are separated by a distance
1.0mm, What is the area?(d) What potential difference is required for dielectric breakdown ?
(8) An air capacitor is made up from two parallel plates has a capacitance of 1000pF. The
charge on each plate is 1.0C (a) What is the potential difference between the plates? (b) If
the charge is kept constant what will be the potential difference if the separation is
doubled?(c) How much work is required to double the separation ?

(9) A 1.0F capacitor and a 2.0F capacitor are connected in series across a 1200V supply
line. (a) Find the charge and voltage across each (b) The charged capacitor is disconnected
from the line and from each other, and reconnected the terminals of like sign together. Find
the final charge on each and voltage across each.

(10) A 1.0F capacitor and a 2.0F capacitor are connected in parallels across a 1200V
supply line. (a) Find the charge and voltage across each (b) The charged capacitor is
disconnected from the line and from each other, and reconnected the terminals of unlike
sign together. Find the final charge on each and voltage across each.

(11) Three capacitors having capacitances 8 F, 8F, and 4F are connected in series
across a 12V line (a) Find the charge on the 4F capacitor (c) The charged capacitors are
disconnected from the line and from each other, and reconnected the terminals of like sign
together. Find the voltage across this combination.

(12) A parallel plate air capacitor is made using two plates of area 0.2m2, spaced 1.0cm
apart. It is connected to a 50V battery. (a) What is the capacitance? (b) What is the charge
on each plate? (c) What is the electric field between the plates? (d) What is the energy
stored in the capacitor?

Reference: University Physics by Sears, Zemansky and Young, Sixth Edition : Ch. 27.

Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force

(13) A silver wire 1mm in diameter transfers a charge of 90C in 1hr and 15 minutes. Silver
contains 5.81028 free electrons per m3. (a) What is the current in the wire? (b)What is the
drift velocity of the electron in the wire?

Date of submission: on or before 27th October 2019

(14) A copper wire has a square cross section, 2.0mm on a side. It is 4m long and carries a
current of 10A. The density of free electron is 81028 /m3 (a) What is the current density in
the wire? (b) What is the electric field? (c)How much time is required for an electron to travel
the length of the wire?

(15) A wire 100m long and 2mm in diameter has a resistivity of 4.810-8 -m (a)What is
the resistance of the wire? (b)A second wire of the same material has the same mass as the
100m length, but twice its diameter. What is its resistance?
(16) A certain electrical conductor has a squire cross section, 2.0mm on a side and is 12m
long. The resistance between two ends is 0.072 (a) What is the resistivity of the material?
(b)If the electric field is 0.12V/m, what is the total current? (c) If the material contains 81028
free electrons per m3, find the average drift velocity of the electron.
(17) The current in a wire varies with time according to the relation,

i  4 A  (2 A.S )t 2 2

(a) How many Coulombs pass a cross section of the wire in the time interval between
t = 5 s and t =10 s? (b) What constant current would transport the same charge in the same
time interval?

(18) The current in a wire varies with time according to the relation i  (20) sin(377S 1t ) .
(a) How many coulombs pass a cross section of the wire in the time interval between t = 0
and t = 1/120 s?
(b) In the time interval between t = 0 and t = 1/60 s?
(c) What constant current would transport the same charge in each of the intervals
above?

(19) (a)What is the resistance of a Nichrome wire at 0C if its resistance is 100 at 12C ?
(b) What is the resistance of a Carbon rod at 30C if its resistance is 0.0150 at 0C? For
Nichrome α = 0.0004 and for Carbon α = -0.0005.

(20) A copper wire is initially at 0C. How much must its temperature rise for the resistance
to increase by 10 percent? For Copper α = 0.00393

(21) A 660W electric heater is designed to operate from 120V supply line. (a) What is its
resistance? (b) What current does it draw? (c) What is the rate of dissipation of energy? (d)
If the line voltage drops to 110V, what power does the heater take?

Date of submission: on or before 27th October 2019

(22) (a) A resistor R2 is connected in parallel with a resistor R1. What resistance R3 must be
connected in series with the combination of R1 & R2 so that the equivalent resistance is
equal to R1? Draw the diagram.
(b) A resistor R2 is connected in series with a resistor R1 .What resistance R3 must be
connected in parallel with the combination of R1 & R2 so that the equivalent resistance is
equal to R1? Draw the diagram.

(23) Each of the three resistors has a resistance 2Ω (as stated in 18 (a) and can dissipate a
maximum power 18W without becoming excessively heated. What is the maximum power
the circuit can dissipate?

(24) Two lamps marked “60W, 120V” and “40W, 120V” are connected in series across a
120V line. What power is consumed in each lamp?

(25) Three equal resistors are connected in series. When a certain potential difference is
applied across the combination the total power dissipated is 10W. What power would be
dissipated if the resistors are connected in parallel?

Reference: University Physics by Sears, Zemansky and Young, Sixth Edition : Ch. 28 & Ch.
29..

Date of submission: on or before 27th October 2019