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King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef 23-4 Electric Field We define the electric field by the force it exerts on a test charge q0: This is your second starting equation. By convention the direction of the electric field is the direction of the force exerted on a POSITIVE test charge. The absence of absolute value signs around q0 means you must include the sign of q0 in your work. Any time you know the electric field, you can use this equation to calculate the force on a charged particle in that electric field. The units of electric field are Newtons/Coulomb. Later you will learn that the units of electric field can also be expressed as volts/meter: The electric field exists independent of whether there is a charged particle around to “feel” it. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef 23-6 Electric Field Lines The charge on the right is twice the magnitude of the charge on the left (and opposite in sign), so there are twice as many field lines, and they point towards the charge rather than away from it. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

Electric Field Lines Like charges (++) Opposite charges (+ -) Remember: the electric field direction is the direction a + charge would feel a force. A + charge would be repelled by another + charge. Therefore the direction of the electric field is away from positive (and towards negative). Electric Field Lines Like charges (++) Opposite charges (+ -) King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Electric Field Lines: a graphic concept used to draw pictures as an aid to develop intuition about its behavior. The text shows a few examples. Here are the drawing rules. E-field lines begin on + charges and end on - charges. (or infinity). They enter or leave charge symmetrically. The number of lines entering or leaving a charge is proportional to the charge The density of lines indicates the strength of E at that point. No two field lines can cross. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef QUICK QUIZ 1- Rank the magnitudes of the electric field at points A, B, and C in the figure below, largest magnitude first. QUICK QUIZ 2- Figure shows the electric field lines for two point charges separated by a small distance. (a) Determine the ratio q1/q2. (b) What are the signs of q1 and q2?   King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Electric Field Lines A parallel-plate capacitor consists of two conducting plates with equal and opposite charges. Here is the electric field: King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The Electric Field Due to a Point Charge Coulomb's law says ... which tells us the electric field due to a point charge q is …or just… We define as a unit vector from the source point to the field point: + source point field point The equation for the electric field of a point charge then becomes: King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example Find the electric force on a proton placed in an electric field of 2.0 X 104 N/C King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The Electric Field Example : Electric field of a single point charge. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point P which is 30 cm to the right of a point charge Q = -3.0 x 10-6 C. E = (9.0 X 109 N-m2/C2)(3.0 X 10-6 C) (0.30 m)2 E = 3.05 X 105 N/C towards the charge (b) due to a positive charge Q, each 30 cm from P. Solution: Substitution gives E = 3.0 x 105 N/C. The field points away from the positive charge and towards the negative one King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example A charge is located at the origin of the x axis. A second charge is also on the x axis 4 m from the origin in the positive x direction (a) Calculate the electric field at the midpoint P of the line joining the two charges. (b) At what point on that line is the resultant field zero? (a) Since q1 is positive and q2 is negative, at any point between them, both electric fields produced by them are the same direction which is toward to q2. Thus, King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The resultant electric field E at P is (b) It is clear that the resultant E can not be zero at any point between q1 and q2 because both E1 and E2 are in the same direction. Similarly E can not be zero to the right of q2 because the magnitude of q2 is greater then q1 and the distance r is smaller for q2 than q1. Thus, can only be zero to the left of q1 at some point to be found. Let the distance from to q1 be x. Apparently, we need to take x which is negative. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example + - Two point charges, q1=1.0 C and q2=-4.0 C, are placed 2.0 cm and 3.0 cm from the point A respectively as shown in the figure. Find a) the magnitude and direction of the electric field intensity at point A. b) the resultant electric force exerted on q=4.0 C if it is placed at point A. (Given Coulomb’s constant, k = 9.0 x 109 N m2 C-2) + - a) Direction : to the right Direction : to the right King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Direction : to the right b) Direction : to the right King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example Two point charges, q1=-1.0 C and q2=-4.0 C, are placed 2.0 cm and 3.0 cm from the point A respectively as shown in the figure. - Find a) the magnitude and direction of the electric field intensity at point A. the resultant electric force exerted on q =4.0 C if it is placed at point A. (Given Coulomb’s constant, k = 9.0 x 109 N m2 C-2) - a) Direction : to the left Direction : to the right King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The electric field strength at point A due to the charges is given by Direction : to the right b) Direction : to the right King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example + - 30.0 cm Three charges are placed on three corners of a square, as shown above. Each side of the square is 30.0 cm. Calculate the electric field strength at point A. What would be the force on a 6.00 µC charge placed at the point A? + - 30.0 cm 42.4 cm EA1 EA3 EA2 King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef + - 30.0 cm 42.4 cm EA1 EA3 EA2 45o E King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The Electric Field Example : E at a point between two charges. Two point charges are separated by a distance of 10.0 cm. One has a charge of -25 μC and the other +50 μC. (a) Determine the direction and magnitude of the electric field at a point P between the two charges that is 2.0 cm from the negative charge. (b) If an electron (mass = 9.11 x 10-31 kg) is placed at rest at P and then released, what will be its initial acceleration (direction and magnitude)? Solution: a. The electric fields add in magnitude, as both are directed towards the negative charge. E = 6.3 x 108 N/C. b. The acceleration is the force (charge times field) divided by the mass, and will be opposite to the direction of the field (due to the negative charge of the electron). Substitution gives a = 1.1 x 1020 m/s2 King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The Electric Field : above two point charges. Calculate the total electric field (a) at point A and (b) at point B in the figure due to both charges, Q1 and Q2. Solution: The geometry is shown in the figure. For each point, the process is: calculate the magnitude of the electric field due to each charge; calculate the x and y components of each field; add the components; recombine to give the total field. a. E = 4.5 x 106 N/C, 76° above the x axis. b. E = 3.6 x 106 N/C, along the x axis. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef 23-7 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Electric Field Consider a particle with charge q and mass m, moving in a region of space where the electric field E is constant. As always, the force on a charge q is F = q E = m a. Constant acceleration, a = F/m = (q E /m) and will move in a parabola. - - - - - - - - - - - - - If E is uniform (that is, constant in magnitude and direction), then the acceleration is constant. If the particle has a positive charge, then its acceleration is in the direction of the electric field. If the particle has a negative charge, then its acceleration is in the direction opposite the electric field. - E F + + + + + + + + + + + + + King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef A positive point charge q of mass m is released from rest in a uniform electric field E directed along the x axis. Describe its motion. we can apply the equations of kinematics in one dimension Taking xi = 0 and vxi = o The kinetic energy of the charge after it has moved a distance x = xf-xi, is We can also obtain this result from the work–kinetic energy theorem because the work done by the electric force is Fex = qEx and W = ∆K King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Charge moving perpendicularly to the field Figure above shows the path of an electron q which enters the uniform electric field between two parallel metal plates with a velocity vo . - FE vx θ vy When the electron enters the electric field , E the only force that acts on the electron is electrostatic force , FE=qE. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef This causes the electron of mass m to accelerate downwards with an acceleration a. Since the horizontal component of the velocity of the electron remains unchanged as vxo , the path of the electron in the uniform electric field is a parabola. The time taken for the electron to transverse the electric field is given by King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The vertical component of the velocity vy , when the electron emerges from the electric field is given by After emerging from the electric field, the electron travels with constant velocity v, where The direction of the velocity v is at an angle King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef An electron enters the region of a uniform electric field with vo=3.00x106 m/s and E= 200 N/C. The horizontal length of the plates is l = 0.100 m. (a) Find the acceleration of the electron while it is in the electric field. (b) Find the time it takes the electron to travel through the field. (c) What is the vertical displacement y of the electron while it is in the field? If the separation between the plates is less than this, the electron will strike the positive plate. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

Example - Motion of a charged particle in an Electric Field Determine the final velocity and kinetic energy of an electron released from rest in the presence of a uniform electric field of 300 N/C in the x direction after a period of 0.5 ms. E -e F King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

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King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example An electron (mass m = 9.1x10-31kg) is accelerated in the uniform field E (E=2.0x104N/C) between two parallel charged plates. The separation of the plates is 1.5cm. The electron is accelerated from rest near the negative plate and passes through a tiny hole in the positive plate. (a) With what speed does it leave the hole? (b) Show that the gravitational force can be ignored. Assume the hole is so small that it does not affect the uniform field between the plates. The magnitude of the force on the electron is F=qE and is directed to the right. The equation to solve this problem is The magnitude of the electron’s acceleration is Between the plates the field E is uniform, thus the electron undergoes a uniform acceleration King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Example Since the travel distance is 1.5x10-2m, using one of the kinetic eq. of motions, Since there is no electric field outside the conductor, the electron continues moving with this speed after passing through the hole. (b) Show that the gravitational force can be ignored. Assume the hole is so small that it does not affect the uniform field between the plates. The magnitude of the electric force on the electron is The magnitude of the gravitational force on the electron is Thus the gravitational force on the electron is negligible compared to the electromagnetic force. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef The electron and proton of a hydrogen atom are separated (on the average) by a distance of approximately 5.3 x10-11 m. Find the magnitudes of the electric force and the gravitational force between the two particles. Using Newton’s law of gravitation Thus, the gravitational force between charged atomic particles is negligible when compared with the electric force. King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef

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King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef Exercise Determine a) the electric field strength at a point X at a distance 20 cm from a point charge Q = + 6µC. (1.4 x 10 6 N/C) b) the electric force that acts on a point charge q= -0.20 µC placed at point X. (0.28 N towards Q) 2. + - Two point charges, q1 = +2.0 C and q2 = -3.0 C, are separeted by a distance of 40 cm, as shown in figure above. Determine The resultant electric field strength at point X. (1.13 x 103 kN C-1 towards q2) b) The electric force that acts on a point charge q = 0.50 µC placed at X. (0.57 N) King Saud university Norah Ali Al-Moneef