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    Engineering Physics

    BY
    Dr:Ashraf EL-Morsy
    Static Electricity

    Electric Charge in Atom:


    • Atom is electrically neutral.
    • Rubbing charges objects by moving electrons from one to the other.

    © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.


    Static Electricity; Electric Charge
    and Its Conservation

    Charge comes in two types,


    positive and negative; like
    charges repel and opposite
    charges attract
    Electric Charge in the Atom

    Atom is electrically neutral.


    Rubbing charges objects by moving electrons from one
    to the other.

    .
    Insulators and Conductors

    Conductor: Insulator:
    Charge flows freely Almost no charge flows
    Metals Most other materials
    Some materials are semiconductors.
    Coulomb’s Law

    Coulomb’s law:

    This equation gives the magnitude of the force.


    Coulomb’s Law

    The force is along the


    line connecting the
    charges, and is attractive
    if the charges are
    opposite, and repulsive
    if they are the same.
    Coulomb’s Law

    Unit of charge: coulomb, C


    The proportionality constant in Coulomb’s law is then:
    k = 8.988 × 109 N∙m2/C2
    Charges produced by rubbing are typically around a
    microcoulomb:
    1 µC = 10−6 C

    .
    Coulomb’s Law

    Charge on the electron:


    e = 1.602 × 10−19 C
    Electric charge is quantized in units of the electron
    charge.

    .
    Coulomb’s Law

    The proportionality constant k can also be written in


    terms of ε0, the permittivity of free space:

    (16-2)

    .
    Example
    How many electrons are needed to form acharge of – 2 nc? .

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    .

    .
    Example
    Three point charges lie along the x-axis the charge q1=15µc is at the distance x=2m and the charge q2=6µc
    is located at origin .Where must a negative charge q3 be placed on the x-axis so that the resultant electric
    force is ZERO?

    Solution
    Fq3 =F31- F32
    0 =F31- F32……………. F31 = F32
    q3. q2/ r232 = q3. q1/ r231

    (6 x10-6 )/ x2 = (15 x10-6 )/(2- x)2

    X=0.7m
    Two small positive charged spheres have charge of 5 x10-5 c .if
    each sphere reprlled from the other by an electrostatic force
    of 1N when the spheres are 2 m apart,what is the charge on
    each sphere?
    Solution
    Coulomb’s Law

    Coulomb’s law strictly applies only to point charges.


    Superposition: for multiple point charges, the forces on
    each charge from every other charge can be calculated and
    then added as vectors.

    .
    Solving Problems Involving Coulomb’s Law
    and Vectors

    The net force on a charge is the vector sum of all the


    forces acting on it.
    • The spheres are in equilibrium
    • Since they are separated, they
    exert a repulsive force on each
    other
    – Charges are like charges
    • Proceed as usual with
    equilibrium problems, noting
    one force is an electrical force
    Electrical Force with Other Forces,
    Example cont.

    • The free body diagram


    includes the components of
    the tension, the electrical
    force, and the weight
    • Solve for |q|
    • You cannot determine the
    sign of q, only that they
    both have same sign
    Solution

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