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Figure 24.6:
Solution
Only the charge within the the surface contribute to the total flux. The flux through the
surface will come from the charge q at the center, and for R < a the charge on the ring will
not contribute to the net flux through the spherical surface. The flux is then:
q
ΦE =
◦
2 CHAPTER 24. GAUSS’S LAW. SOLUTIONS OF HOME WORK PROBLEMS
Note that the ring will have a flux through the surface, but all the flux that enter the surface
through one side will leave leave from the other side and the net flux from the ring through
the surface is zero.
Calculate the total electric flux through the paraboloidal surface due to a uniform electric
field of magnitude E◦ in the direction shown in Figure (24.13).
Figure 24.13:
Solution
All the electric flux that enters the object through the flat surface exits the object through
the curved surface. The flux through the flat surface is:
ΦE = E · A = EA cos θ = EA = E◦ πr2
where θ is the angle between the electric filed and the normal to the surface, and in this case
θ = 0◦
2 × 10 N ≈
e8.99 × 10 N ⋅ m C jq
−3
9 2 2 2
q ≈ 1. 2 × 10 −7 C ~ 10 −7 C or 100 nC
24.3 Problem 24.34 (In the text book)
(b) When r > a then the surface encloses the charge FIG. P24.34(c)
Figure 24.34:
Q and the flux is then:
Q
ΦE (r > a) =
◦
Note that the answers to parts (a) and (b) agree at r = a.
A square plate of copper with 50.0-cm sides has no net charge and is placed in a region of
uniform electric field of 80.0 kN/C directed perpendicularly to the plate. Find
Solution
The charge density is 7.08 × 10−7 C/m2 positive on one face and negative on the other.
Q
σ= or Q = σA = 7.08 × 10−7 × (0.500)2 = 1.77 × 10−7 C
A
Figure 24.66:
Solution
The electric field throughout the region is directed along x; therefore, E will be perpendicular
to A (actually perpendicular to the normal to the surface) over the four faces of the surface
which are perpendicular to the yz plane, and E will be parallel to A over the two faces
which are parallel to the yz plane. So, there will only be flux through two faces. Therefore:
ΦE = 0.269 N · m2 /C