Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Intensity

Problems

Coulomb’s Law (7 pts)

1. What is the magnitude of the force a 2.3 µC charge exerts on a 5.1 x 10⁻⁴C charge
located 16 cm away? (1pt)

2. Two equal charges of magnitude 1.7 nC experience an electrostatic force of 9.18 x

10⁻⁴N. How far apart are the two charges? (2 pts)

3. How many electrons must be removed from a neutral sphere to give it a positive
charge of 8 µC? (1 pts)

4. Two spheres 23 mm apart, attract each other with a force of 28 N. Determine the
magnitude of the charge on each, if one has twice the charge as the other. (3 pts)

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Electric Field

1. A test charge of 10µC is placed in an electric field and it experiences a force of 25N.
What is the electric field intensity at that point? (1 pt)

2. Calculate the electric field intensity of a 2µC charge placed at 40cm. (1 pt)

3. What is the force in an electric field of 50 000 N/C produced by a 60nc charge? (1 pt)

4. Calculate the distance of 8nc charge if it produces an electric field of 120 000 N/C (2
pts)

5. At what distance from a proton would the electric field intensity be 1x10⁵ N/C? (2
pts)