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Suppose you bring a slab of dielectric close to the gap between the plates of a charged capacitor, preparing to slide it between the plates. What force will you feel? What does this force tell you abo...
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A vacuum tube diode consists of concentric cylindrical electrodes, the negative cathode and the positive anode. Because of the accumulation of charge near the cathode, the electric potential between t...
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Two oppositely charged, identical insulating spheres, each 50.0 cm in diameter and carrying a uniformly distributed charge of magnitude 250 µC, are placed 1.00 m apart center to center (F...
See AnswerQ: Figure P23.57 shows eight point charges arranged at the corners
Figure P23.57 shows eight point charges arranged at the corners of a cube with sides of length d. The values of the charges are +q and -q, as shown. This is a model of one cell of a cubic ionic crysta...
See AnswerQ: A parallel-plate air capacitor is made by using two plates
A parallel-plate air capacitor is made by using two plates 12 cm square, spaced 3.7 mm apart. It is connected to a 12-V battery. (a). What is the capacitance? (b). What is the charge on each plate?...
See AnswerQ: A small sphere with mass 1.50 g hangs by a
A small sphere with mass 1.50 g hangs by a thread between two very large parallel vertical plates 5.00 cm apart (Fig. P23.59). The plates are insulating and have uniform surface charge densities +
See AnswerQ: Two spherical shells have a common center. The inner shell has
Two spherical shells have a common center. The inner shell has radius R1 = 5.00 cm and charge q1 = +3.00 × 10-6 C; the outer shell has radius R2 = 15.0 cm and charge q2 = -5.00 × 10-6 C. Both charges...
See AnswerQ: A long metal cylinder with radius a is supported on an insulating
A long metal cylinder with radius a is supported on an insulating stand on the axis of a long, hollow, metal tube with radius b. The positive charge per unit length on the inner cylinder is l, and the...
See AnswerQ: An air capacitor is made by using two flat plates, each
An air capacitor is made by using two flat plates, each with area A, separated by a distance d. Then a metal slab having thickness a (less than d) and the same shape and size as the plates is inserted...
See AnswerQ: Cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) were often found in oscilloscopes
Cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) were often found in oscilloscopes and computer monitors. In Fig. P23.63 an electron with an initial speed of 6.50 × 106 m/s is projected along the axis midway bet...
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