Electric charges Definition and 86 Threads

Homework Statement: If we touch a metal spoon on the anode of high voltage battery. Then what charges will accumulate on the spoon, positive or negative? Relevant Equations: No such a equation I think, negative charges because electrode equilibrium in the anode says some electrones acculilate...

We had a similar thread some time ago. I'd like to reconsider some aspects. Consider a 9V battery just to fix ideas. The chemical electromotive force inside it establishes an amount of positive charges on its positive terminal and an exact same amount of negative charges on its negative...

So I know I have to equate force on a hemispherical shell with spring force to get value of compression but I can't find the force on the hemispheres Some places that do have the solution use the formula : $$\text{Field of non-conducting hemispherical shell= } \frac{\sigma}{2\epsilon_○} $$ This...

I have read Griffiths' Chapter 2 sections on Conductors. According to it, (if I understood it correctly) if the charge is put inside the cavity of a conductor, then the equal and opposite total charge will be induced surrounding the cavity. This charge and the total charge induced surrounding...

This is a conceptual question. I think we can conclude that electric charges cannot be present if there is no electric field in that region. Is this an application of Gauss' Law? A net electric flux thru a surface indicates that there is a charge within that region. An electric field must be...

Hello! First off, for a), I am not too sure how to picture a radial field around a 3d object. I know that this spherical metal dome is basically a enlarged version of an atom, but since with problems on radial field around an atom, I don't have to consider its diameter, I'm not sure how the...

According to a popular book on electrodynamics a special case of electrostatics is- ''source charges are stationary (though the test charge may be moving)''. My question is- now that the test charge is moving, how is it a special case of electrostatics anymore? Also many times we deal with...

Imagine a container of salt water at 0V (Relative to ground),Now you've put in it 2 electrodes,one at +500V (Electrode A), The other at +250V(Electrode b), Normally positive ions should go to the negative electrode , and Negative ions should go to the positive electrode , But in our example the...

Hi, now I'm working on a project which involves a dc motor and high voltage. I'm developing a machine consists of a motor to rotate a platform disc and high voltage will be applied during the rotation. The problem is when I supply a positive high voltage at motor shaft during rotation, the motor...

Homework Statement Two metal spheres of equal radius ##R## are placed at big distance one from the other. Sphere 1 has total charge ##q## and sphere 2 has no charge. The two speheres are moved one towards the other until they touch, then they are moved again far away one from the other. What is...

This is a multiple choice question that, after one incorrect attempt, I got correct; however, I want to actually understand what the explanation means. I'm hoping someone here can help. Homework Statement Two electrons, each with mass m and charge q, are released from positions very far from...

What's the difference between electrostatic charges& electric charges

Homework Statement If linear charge density is equal to 1micro coulomb per meter, then what is the electric field intensity at O? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution The electric fields due to the two straight lines should cancel out.. But how to progress further? Please let me know...

Homework Statement Two short dipoles each of dipole moment p are placed art origin. The dipole moment of one dipole is along x-axis while that of other is along y axis. Then what will be the electric field at a point (a, 0)?Homework Equations The direction of electric field due to axial dipole...

Homework Statement Two charged metallic spheres of same size repel each other by a force F. They are now touched with each other and are then separated to same initial distance. Now the force of repulsion is F'.Homework Equations On touching the spheres will reduce their charges... So the new...

Two identical small bodies each of mass m and charge q are suspended from two strings each of length l from a fixed point. This whole system is taken into an orbiting artificial then the tension in strings is... The answer has to be kq2/4l but how? Can someone please explain? Plus its not a...

Homework Statement Please refer to the image; problem-1. My theory is that there are two spheres 'A' and 'B', where 'A' is (partially and primarily) positively charged, and 'B' is (partially and primarily) negatively charged. The magnitude of negative charge is greater than the positive charge...

Homework Statement The point charges in the figure have the following values: q1=+2.1μC, q2=+6.3μC, q3=−0.89μC. Suppose that the magnitude of the net electrostatic force exerted on the point charge q2 in the figure is 0.57 N . Find the distance d and the direction (angle) of the net force...

Are there any particles known in the Physics world with an either positive or negative charge that can be viewed by the human eye under LED light illumination and have an attraction/repulsion to magnetism?

I am not able to understand electric currents. Can anyone explain?

Homework Statement The distance between two small balls of the same radius and charge is r. If we release the balls they approach, touch and then repulse each other. When their distance is 4r the repulsive force is 1/20th of the initial force. What is the charge of the first ball if the...

Homework Statement 3 point charges, q1=+2E-9[Coulomb] are placed at the corners of a square of 0.2[m] edge. what is the potential at the center. Homework Equations The potential of a point charge at distance r: $$V[Volt]=K\frac{q}{r}$$ ##K=\frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}=9\times 10^9## The...

I want to find out whether I'm doing something wrong, and where to look for similar thinking. Imagine a thin wire that carries a constant electric current. Negative charges move to the right. Positive charges are stationary. The charges balance on average, or maybe there are a few more negative...

Suppose we have two insulated uncharged metal spheres,say X and Y, in contact with each other.A negatively charged object C is brought near X My first question is:Do all of the electrons move to the sphere Y since electrons are free to move? Then if X is touched momentarily with a finger,and...

Hi, Is Newton's 3rd law applicable to electric charges? I have a problem with a situation where two identical positive charges moving perpendicular to each other. The magnetic forces exerted by each one on the other have same magnitude but their directions are not opposite.

Homework Statement A particle of charge Q is fixed at the origin of an xy coordinate system. At t = 0 a particle (m = 0.671 g, q = 5.90 µC is located on the x-axis at x = 15.6 cm, moving with a speed of 54.4 m/s in the positive y direction. For what value of Q (in μC) will the moving particle...

Homework Statement Two charged particles connected by a string exert electric forces on one another. One has a mass of 3 grams and the other 6 grams. The string is .04m. The force is calculated to be 50.56N. What is the tension in the string? What is the total energy of the system...

Homework Statement What is the net force on the bottom charge? Please give the force in Fx and Fy Homework Equations F=qE E=kq/r^2 The Attempt at a Solution Fx=2.88x10^-9N Fy=-1.01x10^-4N These aren't correct. I used the equation above and used r=0.035m for both the side...

I came across this piece of news, about how researchers have found a way to repel electric charges away from a surface: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-metal-surface-repel-electric.html I was thinking that perhaps it could be useful for more than just particle accelerator experiments. Could...

Hello, please help me solve this so I can learn from it. Image: http://i48.tinypic.com/30k8y10.jpg Two charges with charge +Q are placed at A and C vertices of a rhombus with four even sides (α). A prticle with mass m and charge -Q is placed at vertex B. An unknown charge size of q is...

Homework Statement Two point charges are located on the y-axis as follows: charge q1=-2.5nC at y=-0.6m, and charge q2=+3.5nC at the origin. What is the net force (x, y components) exerted by these two charges on a third charge q3=+5.0nC located at y=-0.4m? Homework Equations F=k...

Homework Statement An electrically neutral model airplane is flying in a horizontal circle on a 2.5-m guideline, which is nearly parallel to the ground. The line breaks when the kinetic energy of the plane is 50 J. Reconsider the same situation, except that now there is a point charge of +q on...

Hi, I'm an undergraduate biologist student. I was studying chemical bond, but, while trying to understand it, I couldn't really get what causes the electric charges, what seems essential to me. So, someone can explains, in the simplest way as possible, what is electric charge? What causes it...

What cause a particle with the property of electric charge to interact with other charges? My way of thinking is that due the natural isotropy of the electric field of the electric charges any other electric field near the charge would cause it to become anisotropic, thus causing acceleration in...

I have the following formula on my formula sheet: ΔU = U_a - U_b = q(V_a - V_b) I was wondering if 'a' is final and 'b' is initial or is it the other way around? Also when I plug in my charge q into the formula, if it was a negative charge do I plug the negative sign into the formula? I...

Homework Statement Below are seven arrangements of two electric charges. All of the charges are the same size, 20 C, but they are either positive or negative. Each figure also has a point labeled P that lies on a straight line with the two charges. The distance between any two items is all 5...

Consider an Argand diagram that shows the number line (positive and negative) and the imaginary plane of other possibilities. As in, we have numbers that are positive and negative, and through complex numbers all of the polarities in between. I am using this as an analogy, because we have...

A positive charge Q is on the y-axis at a distance a from the origin, and another positive charge q is on the x-axis at a distance b from the origin. A) For what values(s) of b is the x-component of the force on q a minimum? B) For what values(s) of b is the x-component of the force on q a...

Homework Statement Find the net force at point A q1=-6x10^-5 C q2=-3x10^-5 C q1 is 3m north of A q2 is 3m east of A find the net force on a -1.2x10^-5 C charge The Attempt at a Solution first off I find how the electric field is with no charge at point A = 6.7 x 10^4...

Homework Statement Use Gauss' law to explain why field lines must begin or end on electric charges. Homework Equations Gauss' law: \epsilon_0 \phi_E=q The Attempt at a Solution I'm not sure whether this solution is incomplete or inconsistent. First, I take a gaussian surface...

Homework Statement I have some hypothetical questions. Question 1 There is a conductor with a single electron and proton inside of it. If we try to charge the conductor by induction, we might put a proton close to the conductor. The electron will go towards that proton while the proton in...

Homework Statement Four punctual charges are located as shown in the figure below. A, B, and C are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The values for these charges are A = +1.4microculombs, B = 4.5microculombs, C = -6.7microculombs and D = +7.1microculboms. THe length of the...

Homework Statement From a large distance away, a particle of mass m1 and positive charge q1 is fired at speed v in the positive x direction straight toward a second particle, originally stationary but free to move, with mass m2 and positive charge q2. Both particles are constrained to move...

Homework Statement Consider a charge of +2.0 µC placed at the origin of an X-Y co-ordinate system and a charge of -4.0 µC placed 40.0 cm to the right. Where must a third charge be placed – between the charges, to the left of the origin, or beyond the second charge – to experience a net force of...

Homework Statement Two negative electric charges, (Charge A on the left, and Charge B on the right) each with a charge of 3.0 x 10-5 Coulombs are fixed at a distance of 2.9 meters from each other. Find the electric force of charge A on charge B. (Don't forget, if the force points to the left...

Homework Statement An object with a net charge of 24 x 10^-6 Coulombs is placed in a uniform electric field of 610 N/C, directed vertically. What is the mass of this object if it floats in this electric field? Homework Equations Felectric = kC (q*q/r^2) Electric Field= kC (q/r^2) E=...

Hello all, my reason for posting is to clarify a topic of electrostatics that I recently covered in physics. I turned in an assignment and my teacher marked an answer wrong and gave a strange explanation of how to solve it. Here is my attempt at the solution. Homework Statement A charge of...

What sort of field do you need to confine electric charges? Is an electric field alone possible? Do the charges have to circle or can they be stationary? What parameters are important for this to work.

Homework Statement Hi there, I am having a lot of trouble with this problem. Any help much appriciated. Thanks inadvance. Two point charges, each of 4x10-6C are placed 1m away at points A and B respectively. Calculate the electric field strength at a point P, which is a distance of 1m...

Homework Statement two charged spheres 4 cm apart attract each other with a force of 1.2x10^-9 . determin the magnitude of the charge on each if one has twice the charge (of the opposite sign) as the other.Homework Equations Fe = KQq/r^2 The Attempt at a Solution well you are only given Fe...