OCTOBER 6 UNIVERSITY

PREPARATORY STUDENTS
SHEET (2) ELECTRIC FIELD

Kc=9 × 109 N m2 C-2 ,me=9.1x10-31kg ,mp=1.6x10-27 kg, qe =1.6x10-19 kg, qe =1.6x10-19 kg,

(1) The electric force on a point charge of 4.0µC at some point is 6.9x10 -4N
in the positive x direction. What is the value of the electric field at that
point?
(2) What are the magnitude and direction of the electric field that will
balance the weight of (a) an electron and (b) a proton?
(3) A point charge of -5.2µC is located at the origin. Find the electric field
(a) on the x-axis at x=3 m, (b) on the y-axis at y= -4m, (c) at the point with
coordinates x=2m, y=2m.
(4) What is the magnitude of a point charge chosen so that the electric field
50cm away has the magnitude 2.0N/C?
(5) Two point charges of magnitude +2.0x10-7C and +8.5x10-11C are 12cm
apart. (a) What electric field does each produce at the site of the other? (b)
What force acts on each?
(6) An electron and a proton are each placed at rest in an external electric
field of 520N/C. Calculate the speed of each particle after 48nanoseconds.
(7) The electrons in a particle beam each have a kinetic energy of 1.6x10-17J.
What are the magnitude and direction of the electric field that will stop
these electrons in a distance of 10cm?
(8) A particle having a charge of -2.0x10-9C is acted on by a downward
electric force of 3.0x10-6N in a uniform electric field. (a) What is the strength
of the electric field? (b) What is the magnitude and direction of the electric
force exerted on a proton placed in this field? (c) What is the gravitational
force on the proton? (d) What is the ratio of the electric to the gravitational
forces in this case?
(9) Find the total electric field along the line of the two charges shown in
figure at the point midway between them.

(10) What is the magnitude and direction of an electric field that will
balance the weight of (a) an electron and (b) a proton?
(11) In figure locate the point at which the electric field is zero and also the
point at which the electric potential is zero. Take q=1µC and a=50cm.
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(12) What is E in magnitude and direction at the center of the square shown
in figure? Assume that q=1µC and a=5cm.

(13) Two point charges are a distance d apart figure. Find E points to the
left P. Assume q1=+1.0x10-6C, q2=+3.0x10-6C, and d=10cm.

(14) Calculate E (direction and magnitude) at point P in figure.

(15) Charges +q and -2q are fixed a distance d apart as shown in

figure. Find the electric field at points A, B, and C.

(16) A uniform electric field exists in a region between two oppositely

charged plates. An electron is released from rest at the surface of the
negatively charged plate and strikes the surface of the opposite plate, 2.0cm
away, in a time 1.5‫ء‬10-8s. (a) What is the speed of the electron as it strikes
the second plate? (b) What is the magnitude of the electric field E?
Assistant Prof /Hala Moustafa
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