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PHY241 Final Exam - 2013
PHY241 Final Exam - 2013
PHY241 Final Exam - 2013
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A1. A solid copper sphere of radius 15 cm has a total charge of 40 nC. Find the magnitude of
the electric field at the following distances measured from the centre of the sphere: (i) 12
cm, and (ii) 17 cm.
A3. A closely wound long solenoid has a magnetic field of magnitude 5.0 x 10 -4 T at its centre
produced by a current of 1.5 A through its windings. Determine the number of turns per
unit length of wire for this solenoid.
A4. A circular wire loop of radius 4.0 cm carries a current of 2.6 A. It is placed so that the
normal to its plane makes an angle of 41° with a uniform magnetic field B = 4.5 T.
Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the loop.
A5. The magnetic flux through a coil of wire containing two loops changes uniformly from
-80 Wb to +58 Wb in 0.72 s. Calculate the induced emf in the coil.
Section B: ANSWER ANY THREE (3) QUESTIONS OUT OF THE FIVE (5)
IN THIS SECTION (Each Question is worth 20 Marks).
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B1.
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(c) Show that the magnitude of the electric field at point P due to the rod is also given by
[4 marks]
B2.
(a) An electric charge Q is distributed uniformly throughout a non-conducting sphere of radius
ro (see Figure below).
[3 marks]
(c) At large distances, the potential due to a dipole may be written (for Cartesian coordinates)
in the form
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where is the dipole moment and r is the distance from the origin.
Show that if the dipole moment is directed along the +x-axis, then
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B3.
(a)
A uniform diameter wire segment (see Figure on
the left), carries a current I. Use Biot-Savart law to
determine the magnetic field produced at point
C by:
(b) With the aid of clearly labelled diagram(s), use Ampere’s law to show that the magnitude
of the magnetic field due to a toroid of N turns is given by
B4.
L = 10.0 cm that is forced to move at constant speed ν = 5.0 ms-1 along horizontal rails. The rod,
rails and connecting strip at the right side of the figure form a conducting loop. The rod has a
resistance
R = 0.40 Ω. The rest of the loop has negligible resistance. A current I = 100 A through the long
straight wire a distance a = 10.0 mm from the loop sets up a (non-uniform) magnetic field
through the loop. At time t, the rod is a distance x from the connecting strip at the right end.
(a) Determine the:
(i) flux through an infinitesimal horizontal strip of width dr at a distance r from the
wire; [4 marks]
(ii) emf induced in the loop; [5 marks]
(iii) magnitude of the induced current; [2 marks]
(iv) thermal power dissipated in the rod; [2 marks]
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B5.
[9 marks]
(b) The switch S in the Figure below is connected to point a for a long time.
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