EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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Author: Jewett
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Chapter 23, Problem 23.1CQ
(a) Would life be different if the electron were positively charged and the proton were negatively charged? (b) Does the choice of signs have any bearing on physical and chemical interactions? Explain your answers.
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Ch. 23 - Three objects are brought close to each other, two...Ch. 23 - Three objects are brought close to one another,...Ch. 23 - Object A has a charge of +2 C, and object B has a...Ch. 23 - A test charge of +3 C is at a point P where an...Ch. 23 - Rank the magnitudes of the electric field at...Ch. 23 - A free electron and a free proton are released in...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.2OQCh. 23 - A very small ball has a mass of 5.00 103 kg and a...Ch. 23 - An electron with a speed of 3.00 106 m/s moves...Ch. 23 - A point charge of 4.00 nC is located at (0, 1.00)...
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Two...Ch. 23 - What are the magnitude and direction of the...Ch. 23 - A small object of mass 3.80 g and charge 18.0 C is...Ch. 23 - Four charged particles are at the corners of a...Ch. 23 - Three point charges lie along a circle of radius r...Ch. 23 - Two equal positively charged particles are at...Ch. 23 - Consider n equal positively charged particles each...Ch. 23 - In Figure P23.29, determine the point (other than...Ch. 23 - Three charged particles are at the corners of an...Ch. 23 - Three point charges are located on a circular arc...Ch. 23 - Two charged particles are located on the x axis....Ch. 23 - A small, 2.00-g plastic ball is suspended by a...Ch. 23 - Two 2.00-C point charges are located on the x...Ch. 23 - Three point charges are arranged as shown in...Ch. 23 - Consider the electric dipole shown in Figure...Ch. 23 - A rod 14.0 cm long is uniformly charged and has a...Ch. 23 - A uniformly charged disk of radius 35.0 cm carries...Ch. 23 - A uniformly charged ring of radius 10.0 cm has a...Ch. 23 - The electric field along the axis of a uniformly...Ch. 23 - Example 23.3 derives the exact expression for the...Ch. 23 - A uniformly charged rod of length L and total...Ch. 23 - A continuous line of charge lies along the x axis,...Ch. 23 - A thin rod of length and uniform charge per unit...Ch. 23 - A uniformly charged insulating rod of length 14.0...Ch. 23 - (a) Consider a uniformly charged, thin-walled,...Ch. 23 - A negatively charged rod of finite length carries...Ch. 23 - A positively charged disk has a uniform charge per...Ch. 23 - Figure P23.49 shows the electric field lines for...Ch. 23 - Three equal positive charges q are at the corners...Ch. 23 - A proton accelerates from rest in a uniform...Ch. 23 - A proton is projected in the positive x direction...Ch. 23 - An electron and a proton are each placed at rest...Ch. 23 - Protons are projected with an initial speed vi =...Ch. 23 - The electrons in a particle beam each have a...Ch. 23 - Two horizontal metal plates, each 10.0 cm square,...Ch. 23 - A proton moves at 4.50 105 m/s in the horizontal...Ch. 23 - Three solid plastic cylinders all have radius 2.50...Ch. 23 - Consider an infinite number of identical...Ch. 23 - A particle with charge 3.00 nC is at the origin,...Ch. 23 - A small block of mass m and charge Q is placed on...Ch. 23 - A small sphere of charge q1 = 0.800 C hangs from...Ch. 23 - A line of charge starts at x = +x0 and extends to...Ch. 23 - A small sphere of mass m = 7.50 g and charge q1 =...Ch. 23 - A uniform electric field of magnitude 640 N/C...Ch. 23 - Two small silver spheres, each with a mass of 10.0...Ch. 23 - A charged cork ball of mass 1.00 g is suspended on...Ch. 23 - A charged cork ball of mass m is suspended on a...Ch. 23 - Three charged particles are aligned along the x...Ch. 23 - Two point charges qA = 12.0 C and qB = 45.0 C and...Ch. 23 - A line of positive charge is formed into a...Ch. 23 - Four identical charged particles (q = +10.0 C) are...Ch. 23 - Two small spheres hang in equilibrium at the...Ch. 23 - Why is the following situation impossible? An...Ch. 23 - Review. Two identical blocks resting on a...Ch. 23 - Review. Two identical blocks resting on a...Ch. 23 - Three identical point charges, each of mass m =...Ch. 23 - Show that the maximum magnitude Emax of the...Ch. 23 - Two hard rubber spheres, each of mass m = 15.0 g,...Ch. 23 - Two identical beads each have a mass m and charge...Ch. 23 - Two small spheres of mass m are suspended from...Ch. 23 - Review. A negatively charged particle q is placed...Ch. 23 - Review. A 1.00-g cork ball with charge 2.00 C is...Ch. 23 - Identical thin rods of length 2a carry equal...Ch. 23 - Eight charged panicles, each of magnitude q, are...Ch. 23 - Consider the charge distribution shown in Figure...Ch. 23 - Review. An electric dipole in a uniform horizontal...Ch. 23 - Inez is putting up decorations for her sisters...Ch. 23 - A line of charge with uniform density 35.0 nC/m...Ch. 23 - A particle of mass m and charge q moves at high...Ch. 23 - Two particles, each with charge 52.0 nC, are...
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