A positively charged thin cylindrical shell of length 10 m and radius 50 mm has no end caps and a uniform surface charge density of 9 X 10-9 C>m2. (a) What is the charge on the shell? Determine the electric field magnitude far from either end of the shell at (b) r = 49 mm and (c) r = 51 mm, where r is the radial distance from the long central axis of the shell.

A positively charged thin cylindrical shell of length 10 m and radius 50 mm has no end caps and a uniform surface charge density of 9 X 10-9 C>m2. (a) What is the charge on the shell? Determine the electric field magnitude far from either end of the shell at (b) r = 49 mm and (c) r = 51 mm, where r is the radial distance from the long central axis of the shell.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter25: Gauss’s Law

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