Problem 1CQ: A proton is released from rest in a uniform electric field. Determine whether the following... Problem 2CQ: An electron is released from rest in a uniform electric field. Determine whether the following... Problem 3CQ: Figure CQ16.3 shows equipotential contours in the region of space surrounding two charged... Problem 4CQ: Rank the potential energies of the four systems of particles shown in Figure CQ16.4 from largest to... Problem 5CQ: A parallel-plate capacitor with capacitance C0 stores charge of magnitude Q0 on plates of area A0... Problem 6CQ: An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor with capacitance C0 stores charge Q on plates separated by... Problem 7CQ: Choose the words that make each statement correct, (i) After being released from rest in a uniform... Problem 8CQ: Why is it important to avoid sharp edges or points on conductors used in high-voltage equipment? Problem 9CQ: Explain why, under static conditions, all points in a conductor must be at the same electric... Problem 10CQ: If you are given three different capacitors C1, C2, and C3, how many different combinations of... Problem 11CQ: (a) Why is it dangerous to touch the terminals of a high-voltage capacitor even after the voltage... Problem 12CQ: The plates of a capacitor are connected to a battery. (a) What happens to the charge on the plates... Problem 13CQ: Rank the electric potentials at the four points shown in Figure CQ16.13 from largest to smallest.... Problem 14CQ: If you were asked to design a capacitor in which small size and large capacitance were required,... Problem 15CQ: Is it always possible to reduce a combination of capacitors to one equivalent capacitor with the... Problem 16CQ: Explain why a dielectric increases the maximum operating voltage of a capacitor even though the... Problem 1P: A uniform electric field of magnitude 375 N/C pointing in the positive x-direction acts on an... Problem 2P: A proton is released from rest in a uniform electric field of magnitude 385 N/C. Find (a) the... Problem 3P: A potential difference of 90.0 mV exists between the inner and outer surfaces of a cell membrane.... Problem 4P: Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) used in old-style televisions have been replaced by modern LCD and LED... Problem 5P: A constant electric field accelerates a proton from rest through a distance of 2.00 m to a speed of... Problem 6P: A point charge q = +40.0 C moves from A to B separated by a distance d = 0.180 m in the presence of... Problem 7P: Oppositely charged parallel plates are separated by 5.33 mm. A potential difference of 600. V exists... Problem 8P: (a) Find the potential difference VB required to stop an electron (called a slopping potential)... Problem 9P: An ionized oxygen molecule (O+2) at point A has charge +e and moves at 2.00 103 m/s in the positive... Problem 10P: On planet Tehar, the free-fall acceleration is the same as that on the Earth, but there is also a... Problem 11P: An electron is at the origin, (a) Calculate the electric potential VA at point A, x = 0.250 cm. (b)... Problem 12P: The two charges in Figure P16.12 are separated by d = 2.00 cm. Find the electric potential at (a)... Problem 13P: (a) Find the electric potential, taking zero at infinity, at the upper right corner (the corner... Problem 14P: Three charges are situated at corners of a rectangle as in Figure P16.13. How much work must an... Problem 15P: Two point charges Q1 = +5.00 nC and Q2 = 3.00 nC are separated by 35.0 cm. (a) What is the electric... Problem 16P: Three identical point charges each of charge q are located at the vertices of an equilateral... Problem 17P: The three charges in Figure P16.17 are at the vertices of an isosceles triangle. Let q = 7.00 nC and... Problem 18P: A positive point charge q = +2.50 nC is located at x = 1.20 m and a negative charge of 2q = 5.00 nC... Problem 19P: A proton is located at the origin, and a second proton is located on the x-axis at x = 6.00 fm (1 fm... Problem 20P: A proton and an alpha particle (charge = 2e, mass = 6.64 1027 kg) are initially at rest, separated... Problem 21P: A tiny sphere of mass 8.00 g and charge 2.80 nC is initially at a distance of 1.60 m from a fixed... Problem 22P: The metal sphere of a small Van de Graaff generator illustrated in Figure 15.23 has a radius of 18... Problem 23P: In Rutherfords famous scattering experiments that led to the planetary model of the atom, alpha... Problem 24P: Four point charges each haring charge Q are located at the corners of a square haring sides of... Problem 25P: Calculate the speed of (a) an electron and (b) a proton with a kinetic energy of 1.00 electron volt... Problem 26P: An electric field does 1.50 103 eV of work on a carbon nucleus of charge 9.61 1019 C. Find the... Problem 27P: An alpha particle, which has charge 3.20 1019 C, is moved from point A, where the electric... Problem 28P: In the classical model of a hydrogen atom, an electron orbits a proton with a kinetic energy of... Problem 29P: Consider the Earth and a cloud layer 8.0 102 m above the planet to be the plates of a... Problem 30P: (a) When a 9.00-V battery is connected to the plates of a capacitor, it stores a charge of 27.0 C.... Problem 31P: An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 2.30 cm2 separated by 1.50 mm. The... Problem 32P: Air breaks down and conducts charge as a spark if the electric field magnitude exceeds 3.00 106... Problem 33P: An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 7.60 cm2 and separated... Problem 34P: A 1-megabit computer memory chip contains many 60.0 1015-F capacitors. Each capacitor has a plate... Problem 35P: a parallel-plate capacitor with area 0.200 m2 and plate separation of 3.00 mm is connected to a... Problem 36P: A small object with a mass of 350. g carries a charge of 30.0 nC and is suspended by a thread... Problem 37P: Given a 2.50-F capacitor, a 6.25-F capacitor, and a 6.00-V battery, find the charge on each... Problem 38P: Two capacitors, C1 = 5.00 F and C2 = 12.0 F, are connected in parallel, and the resulting... Problem 39P: Find (a) the equivalent capacitance of the capacitors in Figure P16.39, (b) the charge on each... Problem 40P: Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of 9.00 pF when connected in parallel and an... Problem 41P: For the system of capacitors shown in Figure P16.41, find (a) the equivalent capacitance of the... Problem 42P: Consider the combination of capacitors in Figure P16.42. (a) Find the equivalent single capacitance... Problem 43P: Find the charge on each of the capacitors in Figure P16.43. Figure P16.43 Problem 44P: Three capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in Figure P16.44. Their capacitances are C1 =... Problem 45P: A 25.0-F capacitor and a 40.0-F capacitor are charged by being connected across separate 50.0-V... Problem 46P: (a) Find the equivalent capacitance between points a and b for the group of capacitors connected as... Problem 47P: A 1.00-F capacitor is charged by being connected across a 10.0-V battery. It is then disconnected... Problem 48P: Four capacitors are connected as shown in Figure P16.48. (a) Find the equivalent capacitance between... Problem 49P: A 12.0 V battery is connected to a 4.50 F capacitor. How much energy is stored in the capacitor? Problem 50P: Two capacitors, C1 = 18.0 F and C2 = 36.0 F, are connected in series, and a 12.0-V battery is... Problem 51P: A parallel-plate capacitor has capacitance 3.00 F. (a) How much energy is stored in the capacitor if... Problem 52P: Each plate of a 5.00 F capacitor stores 60.0 C of charge. (a) Find the potential difference across... Problem 53P: The voltage across an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is measured to be 85.0 V. When a... Problem 54P: (a) How much charge can be placed on a capacitor with air between the plates before it breaks down... Problem 55P: Determine (a) the capacitance and (b) the maximum voltage that can be applied to a Teflon-filled... Problem 56P: A parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area A = 7.00 102 m2 separated by distance d = 2.00 104... Problem 57P: A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively charged liquid... Problem 58AP: When a potential difference of 150. V is applied to the plates of an air-filled parallel-plate... Problem 59AP: Three parallel-plate capacitors are constructed, each having the same plate area A and with C1... Problem 60AP: For the system of four capacitors shown in Figure P16.41, find (a) the total energy stored in the... Problem 61AP: A parallel-plate capacitor with a plate separation d has a capacitance C0 in the absence of a... Problem 62AP: Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of Cp when connected in parallel and an equivalent... Problem 63AP: A parallel-plate capacitor is constructed using a dielectric material whose dielectric constant is... Problem 64AP: Two charges of 1.0 C and 2.0 C are 0.50 m apart at two vertices of an equilateral triangle as in... Problem 65AP: Find the equivalent capacitance of the group of capacitors shown in Figure P16.65. Figure P16.65 Problem 66AP: A spherical capacitor consists of a spherical conducting shell of radius b and charge Q concentric... Problem 67AP: The immediate cause of many deaths is ventricular fibrillation, an uncoordinated quivering of the... Problem 68AP: When a certain air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is connected across a battery, it acquires a... Problem 69AP: Capacitors C1 = 6.0 F and C2 = 2.0 F are charged as a parallel combination across a 250-V battery.... Problem 70AP: Two positive charges each of charge q are fixed on the y-axis, one at y = d and the other at y = d... Problem 71AP: Metal sphere A of radius 12.0 cm carries 6.00 C of charge, and metal sphere B of radius 18.0 cm... Problem 72AP: An electron is fired at a speed v0 = 5.6 106 m/s and at an angle 0 = 45 between two parallel... format_list_bulleted