1.
Two positive charges q1 and q2 are located at the points with radius
vectors r1 and r2. Find a negative charge q3 and a radius vector r3 of the
point at which it has to be placed for the force acting on each of the
three charges to be equal to zero.
2. A ball of radius R carries a positive charge whose volume density
depends only on a separation r from the ball's centre as ρ =ρ0 (1 — r/R),
where ρ0 is a constant. Assuming the permittivities of the ball and the
environment to be equal to unity, find:
(a) the magnitude of the electric field strength as a function of the
distance r both inside and outside the ball;
(b) the maximum intensity Emax, and the corresponding distance rm.
3. Under certain conditions the polarization of an infinite uncharged
dielectric plate takes the form P = Po (1 — x2/d2), where Po is a vector
perpendicular to the plate, x is the distance from the middle of the plate,
d is its half-thickness. Find the strength E of the electric field inside
the plate and the potential difference between its surfaces.
4. Initially the space between the plates of the capacitor is filled with
air, and the field strength in the gap is equal to E0. Then half the gap
is filled with uniform isotropic dielectric with permittivity a as shown
in Fig. 1. Find the moduli of the vectors E and D in both parts of the gap
(1 and 2) if the introduction of the dielectric
(a) does not change the voltage across the plates;
(b) leaves the charges at the plates constant.
Fig. 1.
5. Solve the foregoing problem for the case when half the gap is filled
with the dielectric in the way shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
6. The field potential in a certain region of space depends only on the x
coordinate as V =-ax3+b, where a and b are constants. Find the
distribution of the space charge ρ (x).
7. A point charge q is located at a distance r from the centre O of an
uncharged conducting spherical layer whose inside and outside radii are
equal to R1 and R2 respectively. Find the potential at the point 0 if r <
R1.
8. When an uncharged conducting ball of radius R is placed in an external
uniform electric field, a surface charge density σ= σ0 cos ϴ is induced on
the ball's surface (here σ0 is a constant, ϴ is a polar angle). Find the
magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on an induced charge of
the same sign.
9. A cylindrical capacitor is filled with two cylindrical layers of
dielectric with permittivities ɛ1 and ɛ2. The inside radii of the layers
are equal to R1 and R2 > R1. The maximum permissible values of electric
field strength are equal to E1m and E2m for these dielectrics. At what
relationship between ɛ, R, and Em, will the voltage increase result in the
field strength reaching the breakdown value for both dielectrics
simultaneously?
10. A long round conductor of cross-sectional area S is made of material
whose resistivity depends only on a distance r from the axis of the
conductor as Ꝭ = α/r2, where α is a constant. Find:
(a) the resistance per unit length of such a conductor;
(b) the electric field strength in the conductor due to which a current
i0 flow through it.
11. A conductor with resistivity Ꝭ bounds on a dielectric with permittivity
ε. At a certain point A at the conductor's surface the electric
displacement equals D, the vector D being directed away from the conductor
and forming an angle α with the normal of the surface. Find the surface
density of charges on the conductor at the point A and the current density
in the conductor in the vicinity of the same point.
12. The gap between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor
is filled up with an inhomogeneous poorly conducting medium whose
conductivity varies linearly in the direction perpendicular to the plates
from σ1 = 1.0 pS/m to σ2= 2.0 pS/m. Each plate has an area S = 230 cm2, and
the separation between the plates is d = 2.0 mm. Find the current flowing
through the capacitor due to a voltage V = 300 V.