College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 18, Problem 31CQ
Explain what happens when you place a conductor in an external electric field. How can you test your explanation?
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Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.1 How do you estimate the...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.2 You have a point-like object...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.3 Compare the work needed to...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.4 Imagine that you have an...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.5 In this section you read that...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.6 What are the differences...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.7 A parallel plate capacitor...Ch. 18 - Review Question 18.8 Why do heart contractions...Ch. 18 - 1 What does the field at point A, which is a...Ch. 18 - Why can you shield an object from an external...
Ch. 18 - If you place a block made of a conducting material...Ch. 18 - 4. If you place a block made of a dielectric...Ch. 18 - 5. Two identical positive charges are located at a...Ch. 18 - An electric dipole is placed between the...Ch. 18 - 7. A positive charge is fixed at some distance d...Ch. 18 - Figure Q18.8 shows E field lines in a region of...Ch. 18 - How do we use the model of the electric field to...Ch. 18 - Describe a procedure to determine the E field at...Ch. 18 - What does it mean if the E field at a certain...Ch. 18 - A very small positive charge is placed at one...Ch. 18 - 13. How do we create an E field with parallel...Ch. 18 - 14. Draw a sketch of the field lines caused by...Ch. 18 - 15. Draw a sketch of the field lines caused by...Ch. 18 - 16. Jim thinks that E field lines are the paths...Ch. 18 - Can E field lines cross? Explain why or why not.Ch. 18 - An electron moving horizontally from left to right...Ch. 18 - 19. (a) What does it mean if the electric...Ch. 18 - 20. Explain how grounding works.
Ch. 18 - 21. Explain how shielding works.
Ch. 18 - 22. Explain the difference between the microscopic...Ch. 18 - Explain why, for charged objects submerged in a...Ch. 18 - 24. What does it mean if the dielectric constant k...Ch. 18 - What is the dielectric constant of a metal?Ch. 18 - Describe the relation between the quantities E...Ch. 18 - If the V field in a region is constant, what is...Ch. 18 - 28. Why are uncharged pieces of a dielectric...Ch. 18 - 29. Draw equipotential surfaces and label them in...Ch. 18 - Show a charge arrangement and a point in space...Ch. 18 - 31. Explain what happens when you place a...Ch. 18 - (a) Explain what happens when you place a...Ch. 18 - 33. Explain why the excess charge on an electrical...Ch. 18 - Draw a microscopic representation of the charge...Ch. 18 - 1. * (a) Construct a graph of the magnitude of the...Ch. 18 - * A uranium nucleus has 92 protons. (a) Determine...Ch. 18 - 3. The electron and the proton in a hydrogen atom...Ch. 18 - * Use the superposition principle to draw E field...Ch. 18 - 5. * Use the superposition principle to draw ...Ch. 18 - * E field lines for a field created by an...Ch. 18 - 7. * Two objects with charges C are 50 cm from...Ch. 18 - 8. * charged object is 6.0 cm along a horizontal...Ch. 18 - 9. ** charged object is 4.0 cm along a horizontal...Ch. 18 - 10. **A distance d separates two objects, each...Ch. 18 - 11. * A point-like charged object with a charge +...Ch. 18 - 12. * A 3.0-g aluminum foil ball with a charge of ...Ch. 18 - 13. ** (a) If the string in the previous problem...Ch. 18 - * EST Using Earths E field for flight Earth has an...Ch. 18 - * An electron moving with a speed v0 enters a...Ch. 18 - 10-9 C hangs freely from a 1.0-m-long thread. What...Ch. 18 - 17. A 0.50-g oil droplet with charge is in a...Ch. 18 - 19. * Equation Jeopardy 1 The equations below...Ch. 18 - * Equation Jeopardy 2 The equations below describe...Ch. 18 - 21. During a lightning flash. of charge moves...Ch. 18 - 22. * (a) Construct a graph of the V field created...Ch. 18 - * A horizontal distance d separates two objects...Ch. 18 - * Two objects with charges qand+q are separated by...Ch. 18 - * Four objects with the same charge q are placed...Ch. 18 - 26. Spark jumps to nose An electric spark jumps...Ch. 18 - 27. * Two charged point-like objects are...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric field in body cell The electric...Ch. 18 - * Equation Jeopardy 3 The equation below describes...Ch. 18 - 31. * Equation Jeopardy 4 The equation below...Ch. 18 - 32. * While a sphere with positive charge remains...Ch. 18 - 33. * Figure P18.33 shows field lines in a region...Ch. 18 - 34. * A metal sphere has no charge on it. A...Ch. 18 - 35. ** EST A Van de Graaff generator of radius...Ch. 18 - ** A metal ball of radius R1 has a charge Q. Later...Ch. 18 - 37. * Positively charged metal sphere A is placed...Ch. 18 - *Two small metal spheres A and B have different...Ch. 18 - 39. * An electric dipole such as a water molecule...Ch. 18 - 10-7C at its head and an equal magnitude negative...Ch. 18 - 41. BIO Body cell membrane electric field (a)...Ch. 18 - 42. ** Earth's electric field Earth has an...Ch. 18 - 43. You have a parallel plate capacitor. (a)...Ch. 18 - 44. * A capacitor of capacitance C with a vacuum...Ch. 18 - 45. * A capacitor of capacitance C with a vacuum...Ch. 18 - How does the capacitance of a parallel plate...Ch. 18 - BIO EST Axon capacitance The long thin cylindrical...Ch. 18 - 48. ** Sphere capacitance A metal sphere of radius...Ch. 18 - * BIO EST Capacitance of red blood cell Assume...Ch. 18 - BIO Defibrillator During ventricular fibrillation...Ch. 18 - * EST The dielectric strength of air is 3106V/m....Ch. 18 - * Charged cloud causes electric field on Earth The...Ch. 18 - *BIO Hearts dipole charge The heart has a dipole...Ch. 18 - 55. * In a hot water heater, water warms when...Ch. 18 - 56. ** EST Lightning warms water A lightning flash...Ch. 18 - 57 * Four charged particles A, B, C, and D are...Ch. 18 - 59. ** A small object of unknown mass and charge...Ch. 18 - 61. * BIO Electrophoresis Electrophoresis is used...Ch. 18 - 62. * BIO Energy stored in axon electric field An...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - BIO Electric discharge by eels In several aquatic...Ch. 18 - Electrostatic precipitator (esp) Electrostatic...Ch. 18 - Electrostatic precipitator (esp) Electrostatic...Ch. 18 - Electrostatic precipitator (esp) Electrostatic...Ch. 18 - Electrostatic precipitator (esp) Electrostatic...Ch. 18 - Electrostatic precipitator (esp) Electrostatic...
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