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Chapter 21Electric Charge and
Electric Field
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• Static Electricity; Electric Charge and Its Conservation
• Electric Charge in the Atom
• Insulators and Conductors
• Induced Charge; the Electroscope
• Coulomb’s Law
• The Electric Field
• Electric Field Calculations for Continuous Charge Distributions
Units of Chapter 21
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• Field Lines
• Electric Fields and Conductors
• Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field
• Electric Dipoles
• Electric Forces in Molecular Biology: DNA
• Photocopy Machines and Computer Printers Use Electrostatics
Units of Chapter 21
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Objects can be charged by rubbing
21-1 Static Electricity; Electric Charge and Its Conservation
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Charge comes in two types, positive and negative; like charges repel and opposite charges attract.
21-1 Static Electricity; Electric
Charge and Its Conservation
ConcepTest 21.1aConcepTest 21.1a Electric Charge IElectric Charge I
1) one is positive, the other
is negative
2) both are positive
3) both are negative
4) both are positive or both
are negative
Two charged balls are Two charged balls are
repelling each other as repelling each other as
they hang from the ceiling. they hang from the ceiling.
What can you say about What can you say about
their charges?their charges?
ConcepTest 21.1aConcepTest 21.1a Electric Charge IElectric Charge I
The fact that the balls repel each
other can tell you only that they
have the same chargesame charge, but you do
not know the sign. So they can
be either both positive or both
negative.
1) one is positive, the other
is negative
2) both are positive
3) both are negative
4) both are positive or both
are negative
Two charged balls are Two charged balls are
repelling each other as repelling each other as
they hang from the ceiling. they hang from the ceiling.
What can you say about What can you say about
their charges?their charges?
Follow-up:Follow-up: What does the picture look like if the two balls are oppositely What does the picture look like if the two balls are oppositely charged? What about if both balls are neutral?charged? What about if both balls are neutral?
1) have opposite charges
2) have the same charge
3) all have the same charge
4) one ball must be neutral (no charge)
From the picture, From the picture,
what can you what can you
conclude about conclude about
the charges?the charges?
ConcepTest 21.1bConcepTest 21.1b Electric Charge IIElectric Charge II
1) have opposite charges
2) have the same charge
3) all have the same charge
4) one ball must be neutral (no charge)
From the picture, From the picture,
what can you what can you
conclude about conclude about
the charges?the charges?
The GREEN and PINK balls must
have the same charge, since they
repel each other. The YELLOW
ball also repels the GREEN, so it
must also have the same charge
as the GREEN (and the PINK).
ConcepTest 21.1bConcepTest 21.1b Electric Charge IIElectric Charge II
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Electric charge is conserved – the arithmetic sum of the total charge cannot change in any interaction.
21-1 Static Electricity; Electric Charge and Its Conservation
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Atom:
Nucleus (small, massive, positive charge)
Electron cloud (large, very low density, negative charge)
21-2 Electric Charge in the Atom
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Polar molecule: neutral overall, but charge not evenly distributed
21-2 Electric Charge in the Atom
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Conductor:
Charge flows freely
Metals
Insulator:
Almost no charge flows
Most other materials
Some materials are semiconductors.
21-3 Insulators and Conductors
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Metal objects can be charged by conduction:
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
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They can also be charged by induction, either while connected to ground or not:
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
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Nonconductors won’t become charged by conduction or induction, but will experience charge separation:
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
ConcepTest 21.2aConcepTest 21.2a Conductors IConductors I
1) positive
2) negative
3) neutral
4) positive or neutral
5) negative or neutral
A metal ball hangs from the ceiling
by an insulating thread. The ball is
attracted to a positive-charged rod
held near the ball. The charge of
the ball must be:
Clearly, the ball will be attracted if its
charge is negativenegative. However, even if
the ball is neutralneutral, the charges in the
ball can be separated by inductioninduction
(polarization), leading to a net
attraction.
1) positive
2) negative
3) neutral
4) positive or neutral
5) negative or neutral
A metal ball hangs from the ceiling
by an insulating thread. The ball is
attracted to a positive-charged rod
held near the ball. The charge of
the ball must be:
Remember the ball is a conductor!
ConcepTest 21.2aConcepTest 21.2a Conductors IConductors I
Follow-up:Follow-up: What happens if the What happens if the metal ballmetal ball is replaced by a is replaced by a plastic ballplastic ball??
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The electroscope can be used for detecting charge.
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
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The electroscope can be charged either by conduction or by induction.
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
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The charged electroscope can then be used to determine the sign of an unknown charge.
21-4 Induced Charge; the Electroscope
Two neutral conductors are connected
by a wire and a charged rod is brought
near, but does not touch. The wire is
taken away, and then the charged rod
is removed. What are the charges on
the conductors?
ConcepTest 21.2bConcepTest 21.2b Conductors IIConductors II1) 0 0
2) + –
3) – +
4) + +
5) – –
0 0
? ?
While the conductors are connected, positive positive
charge will flow from the blue to the green charge will flow from the blue to the green
ball due to polarizationball due to polarization. Once disconnected,
the charges will remain on the separate charges will remain on the separate
conductorsconductors even when the rod is removed.
Two neutral conductors are connected
by a wire and a charged rod is brought
near, but does not touch. The wire is
taken away, and then the charged rod
is removed. What are the charges on
the conductors?
ConcepTest 21.2bConcepTest 21.2b Conductors IIConductors II1) 0 0
2) + –
3) – +
4) + +
5) – –
0 0
? ?Follow-up:Follow-up: What will happen when the What will happen when the
conductors are reconnected with a wire?conductors are reconnected with a wire?
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Experiment shows that the electric force between two charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them.
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
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Coulomb’s law:
This equation gives the magnitude of the force between two charges.
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
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The force is along the line connecting the charges, and is attractive if the charges are opposite, and repulsive if they are the same.
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
QQ QQF1 = 3 N F2 = ?
1) 1.0 N
2) 1.5 N
3) 2.0 N
4) 3.0 N
5) 6.0 N
What is the magnitude What is the magnitude
of the force of the force FF22??
ConcepTest 21.3aConcepTest 21.3a Coulomb’s Law ICoulomb’s Law I
The force F2 must have the same magnitudesame magnitude as F1. This is
due to the fact that the form of Coulomb’s law is totally
symmetric with respect to the two charges involved. The
force of one on the other of a pair is the same as the reverseforce of one on the other of a pair is the same as the reverse.
Note that this sounds suspiciously like Newton’s 3rd law!!Note that this sounds suspiciously like Newton’s 3rd law!!
QQ QQF1 = 3 N F2 = ?
1) 1.0 N
2) 1.5 N
3) 2.0 N
4) 3.0 N
5) 6.0 N
What is the magnitude What is the magnitude
of the force of the force FF22??
ConcepTest 21.3aConcepTest 21.3a Coulomb’s Law ICoulomb’s Law I
ConcepTest 21.3bConcepTest 21.3b Coulomb’s Law IICoulomb’s Law II
1) 3/4 N
2) 3.0 N
3) 12 N
4) 16 N
5) 48 N
If we increase one charge to If we increase one charge to 44QQ, ,
what is the magnitude ofwhat is the magnitude of F F11??
44QQ QQF1 = ? F2 = ?
QQ QQF1 = 3 N F2 = ?
ConcepTest 21.3bConcepTest 21.3b Coulomb’s Law IICoulomb’s Law II
Originally we had:
F1 = k(Q)(Q)/r2 = 3 N
Now we have:
F1 = k(4Q)(Q)/r2
which is 4 times bigger4 times bigger than before.
1) 3/4 N
2) 3.0 N
3) 12 N
4) 16 N
5) 48 N
If we increase one charge to If we increase one charge to 44QQ, ,
what is the magnitude of what is the magnitude of FF11??
44QQ QQF1 = ? F2 = ?
QQ QQF1 = 3 N F2 = ?
Follow-up:Follow-up: Now what is the magnitude of Now what is the magnitude of FF22??
1) 9F
2) 3F
3) F
4) 1/3F
5) 1/9F
The force between two charges
separated by a distance d is F. If
the charges are pulled apart to a
distance 3d, what is the force on
each charge?
QQFF
QFF
dd
QQ??
QQ??
33dd
ConcepTest 21.3cConcepTest 21.3c Coulomb’s Law IIICoulomb’s Law III
Originally we had:
Fbefore = k(Q)(Q)/d2 = F
Now we have:
Fafter = k(Q)(Q)/(3d)2 = 1/9F
1) 9F
2) 3F
3) F
4) 1/3F
5) 1/9F
The force between two charges
separated by a distance d is F. If
the charges are pulled apart to a
distance 3d, what is the force on
each charge?
QQFF
QFF
dd
QQ??
QQ??
33dd
ConcepTest 21.3cConcepTest 21.3c Coulomb’s Law IIICoulomb’s Law III
Follow-up:Follow-up: What is the force if the original distance is halved? What is the force if the original distance is halved?
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Unit of charge: coulomb, C.
The proportionality constant in Coulomb’s law is then:
k = 8.99 x 109 N·m2/C2.
Charges produced by rubbing are typically around a microcoulomb:
1 μC = 10-6 C.
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
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Charge on the electron:
e = 1.602 x 10-19 C.
Electric charge is quantized in units of the electron charge.
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
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The proportionality constant k can also be written in terms of ε0, the permittivity of free space:
21-5 Coulomb’s Law
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21-5 Coulomb’s Law
Conceptual Example 21-1: Which charge exerts the greater force?
Two positive point charges, Q1 = 50 μC and Q2 = 1 μC, are separated by a distance . Which is larger in magnitude, the force that Q1 exerts on Q2 or the force that Q2 exerts on Q1?
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21-5 Coulomb’s LawExample 21-2: Three charges in a line.
Three charged particles are arranged in a line, as shown. Calculate the net electrostatic force on particle 3 (the -4.0 μC on the right) due to the other two charges.
ConcepTest 21.4aConcepTest 21.4a Electric Force IElectric Force I
1) yes, but only if QQ00 is positiveis positive
2) yes, but only if QQ00 is negativeis negative
3) yes, independent of the sign
(or value) of QQ00
4) no, the net force can never
be zero
Two balls with charges Two balls with charges ++QQ and and +4+4QQ
are fixed at a separation distance are fixed at a separation distance
of of 33RR. Is it possible to place . Is it possible to place
another charged ball another charged ball QQ00 on the line on the line
between the two charges such that between the two charges such that
the net force on the net force on QQ00 will be zero? will be zero?
3R
+Q +4Q
ConcepTest 21.4aConcepTest 21.4a Electric Force IElectric Force I
1) yes, but only if QQ00 is positiveis positive
2) yes, but only if QQ00 is negativeis negative
3) yes, independent of the sign (or value) of QQ00
4) no, the net force can never
be zero
Two balls with charges Two balls with charges ++QQ and and +4+4QQ
are fixed at a separation distance are fixed at a separation distance
of of 33RR. Is it possible to place . Is it possible to place
another charged ball another charged ball QQ00 on the line on the line
between the two charges such that between the two charges such that
the net force on the net force on QQ00 will be zero? will be zero?
3R
+Q +4Q
A positive charge would be repelled
by both charges, so a point where
these two repulsive forces cancel
can be found. A negative charge
would be attracted by both, and the
same argument holds.
Follow-up:Follow-up: What happens if both charges are + What happens if both charges are +QQ? ? Where would the Where would the FF = 0 point be in this case? = 0 point be in this case?
3R
+Q –– 4Q
Two balls with charges Two balls with charges ++QQ and and ––44QQ
are fixed at a separation distance are fixed at a separation distance
of of 33RR. Is it possible to place . Is it possible to place
another charged ball another charged ball QQ00 anywhereanywhere
on the line such that the net force on the line such that the net force
on on QQ00 will be zero? will be zero?
ConcepTest 21.4cConcepTest 21.4c Electric Force IIIElectric Force III
1) yes, but only if QQ00 is positiveis positive
2) yes, but only if QQ00 is negativeis negative
3) yes, independent of the sign
(or value) of QQ00
4) no, the net force can never
be zero
3R
+Q –– 4Q
A charge (positive or negative) can
be placed to the leftto the left of the +Q charge,
such that the repulsive force from the
+Q charge cancels the attractive
force from –4Q.
Two balls with charges Two balls with charges ++QQ and and ––44QQ
are fixed at a separation distance are fixed at a separation distance
of of 33RR. Is it possible to place . Is it possible to place
another charged ball another charged ball QQ00 anywhereanywhere
on the line such that the net force on the line such that the net force
on on QQ00 will be zero? will be zero?
ConcepTest 21.4cConcepTest 21.4c Electric Force IIIElectric Force III
1) yes, but only if QQ00 is positiveis positive
2) yes, but only if QQ00 is negativeis negative
3) yes, independent of the sign
(or value) of QQ00
4) no, the net force can never
be zero
Follow-up:Follow-up: What happens if one charge is + What happens if one charge is +QQ and the other is and the other is ––QQ??
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21-5 Coulomb’s LawExample 21-3: Electric force using vector components.
Calculate the net electrostatic force on charge Q3 shown in the figure due to the charges Q1 and Q2.
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21-5 Coulomb’s Law
Conceptual Example 21-4: Make the force on Q3 zero.
In the figure, where could you place a fourth charge, Q4 = -50 μC, so that the net force on Q3 would be zero?
Which of the arrows best
represents the direction
of the net force on charge
+Q due to the other two
charges?
+2Q
+4Q
+Q
1 23
4
5d
d
ConcepTest 21.6ConcepTest 21.6 Forces in 2DForces in 2D
The charge +2Q repels +Q toward the
right. The charge +4Q repels +Q
upward, but with a stronger force.
Therefore, the net force is up and to net force is up and to
the right, but mostly upthe right, but mostly up.
+2Q
+4Q
+Q
1 23
4
5d
d
+2Q
+4Q
ConcepTest 21.6ConcepTest 21.6 Forces in 2DForces in 2D
Which of the arrows best
represents the direction
of the net force on charge
+Q due to the other two
charges?
Follow-up:Follow-up: What would happen if What would happen if the yellow charge were +3the yellow charge were +3QQ??
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The electric field is defined as the force on a small charge, divided by the magnitude of the charge:
21-6 The Electric Field
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21-6 The Electric Field
An electric field surrounds every charge.
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For a point charge:
21-6 The Electric Field
1) 44EE00
2) 22EE00
3) EE00
4) 1/21/2EE00
5) 1/44EE00
You are sitting a certain distance from You are sitting a certain distance from
a point charge, and you measure an a point charge, and you measure an
electric field of electric field of EE00. If the charge is . If the charge is
doubleddoubled and your distance from the and your distance from the
charge is also charge is also doubleddoubled, what is the , what is the
electric field strength now?electric field strength now?
ConcepTest 21.7ConcepTest 21.7 Electric FieldElectric Field
Remember that the electric field is: E = kQ/r2.
Doubling the chargeDoubling the charge puts a factor of 2factor of 2 in the
numerator, but doubling the distancedoubling the distance puts a factor factor
of 4of 4 in the denominator, because it is distance
squared!! Overall, that gives us a factor of 1/2factor of 1/2.
1) 44EE00
2) 22EE00
3) EE00
4) 1/21/2EE00
5) 1/44EE00
You are sitting a certain distance from You are sitting a certain distance from
a point charge, and you measure an a point charge, and you measure an
electric field of electric field of EE00. If the charge is . If the charge is
doubleddoubled and your distance from the and your distance from the
charge is also charge is also doubleddoubled, what is the , what is the
electric field strength now?electric field strength now?
ConcepTest 21.7ConcepTest 21.7 Electric FieldElectric Field
Follow-up:Follow-up: If your distance is doubled, what must you do to If your distance is doubled, what must you do to the charge to the charge to maintain the same maintain the same EE field field at your new position? at your new position?
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Force on a point charge in an electric field:
21-6 The Electric Field
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21-6 The Electric Field
Example 21-6: Electric field of a single point charge.
Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point P which is 30 cm to the right of a point charge Q = -3.0 x 10-6 C.
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21-6 The Electric FieldExample 21-7: E at a point between two charges.Two point charges are separated by a distance of 10.0 cm. One has a charge of -25 μC and the other +50 μC. (a) Determine the direction and magnitude of the electric field at a point P between the two charges that is 2.0 cm from the negative charge. (b) If an electron (mass = 9.11 x 10-31 kg) is placed at rest at P and then released, what will be its initial acceleration (direction and magnitude)?
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21-6 The Electric Field
Example 21-8: above two point charges.
Calculate the total electric field (a) at point A and (b) at point B in the figure due to both charges, Q1 and Q2.
E
What is the electric field at What is the electric field at
the center of the square?the center of the square?
43
2 1
-2 C
-2 C
5) E = 0
ConcepTest 21.9aConcepTest 21.9a Superposition ISuperposition I
For the upper charge, the E field vector at the center
of the square points toward that charge. For the
lower charge, the same thing is true. Then the vector
sum of these two E field vectors points to the leftpoints to the left.
What is the electric field at What is the electric field at
the center of the square?the center of the square?
43
2 1
-2 C
-2 C
5) E = 0
ConcepTest 21.9aConcepTest 21.9a Superposition ISuperposition I
Follow-up:Follow-up: What if the lower charge were +2 C? What if the lower charge were +2 C? What if both charges were +2 C? What if both charges were +2 C?
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Problem solving in electrostatics: electric forces and electric fields
1. Draw a diagram; show all charges, with signs, and electric fields and forces with directions.
2. Calculate forces using Coulomb’s law.
3. Add forces vectorially to get result.
4. Check your answer!
21-6 The Electric Field
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• Two kinds of electric charge – positive and negative.
• Charge is conserved.
• Charge on electron:
e = 1.602 x 10-19 C.
• Conductors: electrons free to move.
• Insulators: nonconductors.
Summary of Chapter 21 Sec. 1-6
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• Charge is quantized in units of e.
• Objects can be charged by conduction or induction.
• Coulomb’s law:
•Electric field is force per unit charge:
Summary of Chapter 21 Sec. 1-6
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• Electric field of a point charge:
Summary of Chapter 21 Sec. 1-6