Consider two parallel copper plates both 1m² in area. The lower plate is charged with 4uC of charge and the upper plate with -4µC of charge. (a) Determine the charge density o on each plate. (b) Neglecting edge effects (assuming a homogeneous field between the plates), show that the electric field can be expressed in the form E = E02 using Gauss' Law. Determine the value of Eo. (c) Consider now the addition of an open hemispherical surface (no base) of radius R between the two plates in the orientation shown in Fig. 1. What is the expression for electric flux through this surface? Given R = 3cm, what is the value of the flux?

Consider two parallel copper plates both 1m² in area. The lower plate is charged with 4uC of charge and the upper plate with -4µC of charge. (a) Determine the charge density o on each plate. (b) Neglecting edge effects (assuming a homogeneous field between the plates), show that the electric field can be expressed in the form E = E02 using Gauss' Law. Determine the value of Eo. (c) Consider now the addition of an open hemispherical surface (no base) of radius R between the two plates in the orientation shown in Fig. 1. What is the expression for electric flux through this surface? Given R = 3cm, what is the value of the flux?

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Chapter19: Electric Forces And Electric Fields

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