Conductors A conductor is a material in which charges can move relatively freely. Usually these are metals (Au, Cu, Ag, Al). Excess charges (of the same.

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Conductors A conductor is a material in which charges can move relatively freely. Usually these are metals (Au, Cu, Ag, Al). Excess charges (of the same sign) placed on a conductor will move as far from each other as possible, since they repel each other. For a charged conductor, in a static situation, all the charge resides at the surface of a conductor. For a charged conductor, in a static situation, the electric field is zero everywhere inside a conductor, and perpendicular to the surface just outside

Conductors Why is E = 0 inside a conductor?

Conductors Why is E = 0 inside a conductor? Conductors are full of free electrons, roughly one per cubic Angstrom. These are free to move. If E is nonzero in some region, then the electrons there feel a force -eE and start to move.

Conductors Why is E = 0 inside a conductor? Conductors are full of free electrons, roughly one per cubic Angstrom. These are free to move. If E is nonzero in some region, then the electrons there feel a force -eE and start to move. In an electrostatics problem, the electrons adjust their positions until the force on every electron is zero (or else it would move!). That means when equilibrium is reached, E=0 everywhere inside a conductor.

Conductors Because E = 0 inside, the inside of a conductor is neutral. Suppose there is an extra charge inside. Gauss’s law for the little spherical surface says there would be a nonzero E nearby. But there can’t be, within a metal! Consequently the interior of a metal is neutral. Any excess charge ends up on the surface.

Electric field just outside a charged conductor The electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the surface and has magnitude E = / 0

Properties of Conductors In a conductor there are large number of electrons free to move. This fact has several interesting consequences Excess charge placed on a conductor moves to the exterior surface of the conductor The electric field inside a conductor is zero when charges are at rest A conductor shields a cavity within it from external electric fields Electric field lines contact conductor surfaces at right angles A conductor can be charged by contact or induction Connecting a conductor to ground is referred to as grounding The ground can accept of give up an unlimited number of electrons

Problem: Charged coaxial cable This picture is a cross section of an infinitely long line of charge, surrounded by an infinitely long cylindrical conductor. Find E. This represents the line of charge. Say it has a linear charge density of l (some number of C/m). b a This is the cylindrical conductor. It has inner radius a, and outer radius b. Clearly E points straight out, and its amplitude depends only on r. Use symmetry!

Problem: Charged coaxial cable First find E at positions in the space inside the cylinder (r<a). L r Choose as a Gaussian surface: a cylinder of radius r, and length L.

Problem: Charged coaxial cable First find E at positions in the space inside the cylinder (r<a). L r What is the charge enclosed?  lL What is the flux through the end caps?  zero (cos900) What is the flux through the curved face?  E x (area) = E(2prL) Total flux = E(2prL) Gauss’s law  E(2prL) = lL/e0 so E(r) = l/ 2pre0

Problem: Charged coaxial cable Now find E at positions within the cylinder (a<r<b). There’s no work to do: within a conductor E=0. Still, we can learn something from Gauss’s law. Make the same kind of cylindrical Gaussian surface. Now the curved side is entirely within the conductor, where E=0; hence the flux is zero. r + Thus the total charge enclosed by this surface must be zero.

Problem: Charged coaxial cable There must be a net charge per unit length -l attracted to the inner surface of the metal, so that the total charge enclosed by this Gaussian surface is zero. r + -

Problem: Charged coaxial cable There must be a net charge per unit length –l attracted to the inner surface of the metal so that the total charge enclosed by this Gaussian surface is zero. + r - And since the cylinder is neutral, these negative charges must have come from the outer surface. So the outer surface has a charge density per unit length of +l spread around the outer perimeter. So what is the field for r>b?