Capacitors in combination: Three capacitors, with capacitances C1 = 4.0 μF, C2 = 3.0 μF, and C3 = 2.0 μF, are connected to a 12 -V voltage source, as shown in the figure. What is the charge on capacitor C2?
Meters: A galvanometer has an internal resistance of 100 Ω a…
Meters: A galvanometer has an internal resistance of 100 Ω and deflects full-scale at a current of 2.00 mA. What size resistor should be added to it to convert it to a millivoltmeter capable of reading up to 400 mV, and how should this resistor be connected to the galvanometer?
a) What current is needed to generate the magnetic field str…
a) What current is needed to generate the magnetic field strength of 10 T at a point 2.4 cm from a long, straight wire? (
Potential due to point-charges: A -7.0-μC point charge has a…
Potential due to point-charges: A -7.0-μC point charge has a positively charged object in an elliptical orbit around it. If the mass of the positively charged object is 1.0 kg and the distance varies from 5.0 mm to 20.0 mm between the charges, what is the maximum electric potential difference through which the positive object moves? (k = 1/4πε0 = 8.99 × 109 N ∙ m2/C2)
Drift velocity: The diameter of a 12-gauge copper wire is 0….
Drift velocity: The diameter of a 12-gauge copper wire is 0.081 in. The maximum safe current it can carry (in order to prevent fire danger in building construction) is 20 A. At this current, what is the drift velocity of the electrons? The number of electron carriers in 1.0 cm3 of copper is 8.5 × 1022 and e = 1.60 × 10-19 C.
Electromagnetic waves: If the electric field and magnetic fi…
Electromagnetic waves: If the electric field and magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave are given by E = E0 sin(kx – ωt) and B = B0 sin(kx – ωt), and if the value of E0 is 51 µV/m, what is the value of B0? (c = 3.0 × 108 m/s)
Ampere’s law: A type of transmission line for electromagneti…
Ampere’s law: A type of transmission line for electromagnetic waves consists of two parallel conducting plates (assumed infinite in width) separated by a distance a. Each plate carries the same uniform surface current density of 16.0 A/m, but the currents run in opposite directions. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field between the plates at a point 1.00 mm from one of the plates if a = 0.800 cm? (μ0 = 4π × 10-7 T ∙ m/A)
Resistivity: What must be the diameter of a cylindrical 120-…
Resistivity: What must be the diameter of a cylindrical 120-m long metal wire if its resistance is to be 6.0 Ω? The resistivity of this metal is 1.68 × 10-8 Ω ∙ m.
Resistors in combination: Two identical resistors of resista…
Resistors in combination: Two identical resistors of resistance R = 24 Ω and a variable resistor Rx are connected to an ideal battery of voltage V as shown in the figure. What should be the value of the variable resistance Rx to make the voltage across the two parallel resistors equal to .
Drift velocity: A wire has a cross-sectional area of 0.10 mm…
Drift velocity: A wire has a cross-sectional area of 0.10 mm2. If there are 4.0 × 1028 atoms per cubic meter in this wire, and if each atom contributes 2 free electrons, what is the drift velocity of the electrons when the current in the wire is 6.0 A? (e = 1.60 × 10-19 C)