Download Electrostatics Problem Set #3

Honors Electrostatics Problem Set #3
1. A positive charge of 1.6 x 10-5 C experiences a force of 0.20 N when located
at a certain point. What is the electric field intensity at that point?
2. What charge exists on a test charge that experiences a force of 1.8 x 10-8 N
at a point where the electric field intensity is 2.0 x 10-4 N/C?
3. A test charge experiences a force of 0.40 N on it when it is placed in an
electric field intensity of 4.5 x 105 N/C. What is the magnitude of the charge?
4. If 140 J of work are performed to move one coulomb of charge from a
positive plate to a negative plate, what potential difference exists between the
plates?
5. How much work is done to transfer 0.25 C of charge through an electric
potential difference of 9.0 V?
6. An electron is moved through an electric potential difference of 500 V. How
much work is done on the electron?
7. A 12-V battery does 1200 J of work transferring charge. How much charge
has been transferred?
8. The electric field intensity between two charged plates is 2.5 x 103 N/C. The
plates are 0.080 m apart. What is the electric potential difference, in volts,
between the plates?
9. A voltmeter indicates that the electric potential difference between two plates
in 60.0 V. The plates are 0.020 m apart. What is the intensity of the electric
field?
10. A capacitor that is connected to a 45.0 V source contains 90.0 µC of
charge. What is the capacitor’s capacitance?
11. What electric potential difference exists across a 4.5 µF capacitor that has a
charge of 3.7 x 10-3 C?
12. What is the charge in a 12.0 pF capacitor when it is connected across a
75.0-V source?
13. A charged particle with the charge of 3 electrons feels a force of 1.6 X 1018N. What size is the E-field that it is immersed in?
14. A charged particle is immersed in an E-field of 1028 N/C and feels a force
of 5 X 10-6N. What is the charge of this particle?
15. What Voltage is connected to two plates that create an E-field of 10,000
N/C that are separated 0.00068 cm?
16. A proton is immersed in an E-field of 32 X 108 N/C. The plates that create
the E-field are separated 0.082 mm. What voltage is connected to the plates?
17. A charged particle feels a force of 9.2 X 10-18N. The particle is placed
between two plates that are separated by a distance of 0.025cm and are
connected to a 6.0 volt battery. What is the charge of the particle?
18. A charged particle feels a force of 8 X 10-17N. The particle is placed
between two plates that are separated by a distance of 6.8 cm and are
connected to a 9.0 Volt battery. What is the charge of the particle?
19. A charged particle with a charge of 2 protons feels a force of 50N while
being immersed in an electric field. A distance of 2.4 cm separates the plates
that create that E-field. What is the voltage of the battery connected to the
plates?