Illustrations

Two electric charges having magnitude 8.0 μC and -2.0 μC are separated by 20 cm. Where should third charged be
placed so that the resultant force acting on it is zero?

The atomic weight of copper is equal to 63.54g/mol. Its density is equal to 8.9 × 10 3 kgm-3.If there is 1 valence electron
per copper atom, calculate the number density of electron. Avogadro’s number is equal to 6.02×1033mol -1

Illus 1 The repulsive force acting between two particles of same mass (1.6 × 10-27 kg) and
charge (1.6×10-19 C), separated by a certain distance is equal to the weight of one of
them. Find the distance between them. g = 10 SI

Illus 2 Three points charges 0.50C, -0.25μC and 0.1μC are placed at the vertices A, B and C
of an equilateral triangle ABC. The length of the side of the triangle is equal to 5.0cm.
Calculate the resultant force acting on the charge placed at point C.
Illus 3 Q amount of charge is uniformly distributed over some body. How should the body be divided into two parts, so
that the forces acting between the two parts is maximum for a given separation between them?

Illus 4 Two electric charges having magnitude 8.0 μC and -2.0 μC are separated by 20 cm. Where should third
charged be placed so that the resultant force acting on it is zero?

Illus 5 Two spheres having same radius and mass are suspended by two string of equal length from the same
point, in such a way that their surfaces touch each other. On depositing total 4×10 -7C charge on them, they repel each
other in such a way that in equilibrium the angle between their strings become60°. If the distance from the point of
suspension to the center of the sphere is 20 cm, find the mass of each sphere. K = 9 × 109 SI, g = 10m/s2.

Illus 6 A circle having radius a has line charge distribution over its circumference having linear charge density
  0 cos 2  . Calculate the total electric charge residing on the circumference of the circle.
2

 cos  d   ]
2
[ H int :
0

Illus 7 A square having length a has electric charge distribution of surface charge density σ = σ o xy. Calculate the
total electric charge on the square.

Illus 9 An electron falls through a distance of 1.5cm in a space, devoid of gravity having uniform electrical field of
intensity 2 × 104 N/C. The direction of electric field intensity is reversed keeping its magnitude the same, in which a
proton falls through the same distance. Calculate the time taken by both of them. Me =9.1× 10 -31 Kg, me = 1.7× 10-27
Kg.

Illus 10 An electron falls through a distance of 1.5cm in a space, devoid of gravity having uniform electrical field of
intensity 2 × 104 N/C. The direction of electric field intensity is reversed keeping its magnitude the same, in which a
proton falls through the same distance. Calculate the time taken by both of them. Me =9.1× 10 -31 Kg, me = 1.7× 10-27
Kg. Show with necessary calculations how insignificant is the effect of gravitational force.

Illus 11 Four electric charge +q, +q, -q and –q are respectively placed on the vertices A, B, C and D of a square. The
length of the square is a, Calculate the intensity of the resultant electric field at the center.

Illus 14 The coordinates of two electric charges qA = 2.5×10-7C and qB = -2.5×10-7C are
(0, 0,-15) cm and (0, 0, 15) cm. Calculate the total electric charge and dipole moment of
this system.

Illus 16 Calculate the total electric flux linked with a circular disc of radius a, situated at a distance R from a point
charge q. [ Hint: ∫ rdr /(R +r )
2 2 3/2
= -1/(R2+r2)1/2]

Illus 17 Q amount of electric charge is uniformly distributed on a ring of radius r. A sphere of radius r is drawn in
such a way that the center of the sphere lies on the surface of the ring. Calculate the electric flux associated with the
surface of the sphere.

Illus 18 An electric dipole is prepared by taking two electric charges of 2 ×10-8C separated by distance of 2mm. This
dipole is kept near a line charge distribution having density 4×10-4C/m in such a way that the negative electric charge
of the dipole is at the distance 2 cm from the wire. Calculate the force acting on the dipole.

Illus 19 A particle having mass 5 × 10-9 kg is held at some distance from a very large uniformly charged plane. The surface
charge density on the plane is 4 × 10-6 C/m2. What should be the charge on the particle, so that the particle remains
stationary even after releasing it?

Illus 20 Two spheres of copper, weighing 1 g each, are kept 1 m apart. The number of electrons in them are 1% less than the
number of protons. Find electrical force acting between them. Atomic weight of copper is 63.54 g/mol, atomic no. is 29.
Avagadro’s number = NA = 6.023 × 1023 mol-1.

Exercise
Ex 1 A metal sphere A is suspended by means of a nylon thread. When
another charged sphere B with an insulated handle is brought near to A and
kept at distance d, a force of repulsion F acts between them. Now A is
brought in contact with an identical neutral sphere and B is also brought in
contact with an identical chargeless sphere and then they are separated
from each other. What will be the force between them at a separation of
d/2 ?
 Ex 2 Three charges q, q, -q are placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
Show that the vector sum of resultant forces acting on all of them is zero.

Ex 3 A charge of 4 × 10-8 C is uniformly distributed all over the surface of a sphere

of radius 1 cm. Another hollow sphere of radius 5 cm is concentric with the smaller
sphere. Find intensity of electric field at a distance of 2 cm from the centre. K = 9 ×
109 SI.

r1  (5,3, 2)m .
Ex 4 In a Cartesian co-ordinate system the position vector of a 2.5𝛍C is

r  (1,3,5)m . Find the force exerted by 2.5 𝛍C on -3mC
Another charge of -3mC is at 2
charge in vector form.

Ex 5 Three charges, q each, are placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle. Find
the resultant force on another charge 2q kept at its centroid. The distance of the
centroid from the vertices is 1m.
Ex 7 An electric dipole of moment is placed in a uniform electric field. The dipole is rotated
through a very small angle θ from equilibrium and is released. Prove that it executes angular
simple harmonic motion and find frequency.

Ex 9 The surface charge density of a very large surface is equal to -3 × 10-6 C/m2.
From what distance should an electron of 150 eV energy be projected towards the
plane so that its velocity becomes zero on reaching the plane? Charge of an electron
= 1.6 × 10-19 C, 1eV = 1.6 × 10-19 J, εo = 9 × 10-12 SI.