(i) Derive the expression for electric field at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole.
(ii) Depict the orientation of the dipole in (i) stable, (ii) unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field.
(i) Obtain the expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole of dipole moment in a uniform electric field, .
(ii) What will happen if the field were not uniform?
Derive an expression for electric field of a dipole at a point on the equatorial plane of the dipole. How does the field vary at large distances?
A charge + Q, is uniformly distributed within a sphere of radius R. Find the electric field, due to this charge distribution, at a distant point r from the centre of the sphere where :
(i) 0 < r < R
(ii) r > R
Two thin concentric and coplanar spherical shells, of radii a and b (b > a) carry charges, q and Q, respectively. Find the magnitude of the electric field, at a point at distance x, from their common centre for :
(i) 0 < x < a
(ii) a x < b
(iii) b x <
Two point charges + q and –2q are placed at the vertices ‘B’ and ‘C’ of an equilateral triangle ABC of side ‘a‘ as given in the figure. Obtain the expression for (i) the magnitude and (ii) the direction of the resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these two charges.
A charge is distributed uniformly over a ring of radius ‘a’. Obtain an expression for the electric intensity E at a point on the axis of the ring. Hence, show that for points at large distances from the ring, it behaves like a point charge.
(i) An electric dipole is kept first to the left and then to the right of a negatively charged infinite plane sheet having a uniform surface charge density. The arrows p₁ and p₂ show the directions of its electric dipole moments in the two cases.
An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field.
(i) Show that no translatory force acts on it.
(ii) Derive an expression for the torque acting on it.
(iii) Find work done in rotating the dipole through 180°.
(i) A point charge (+Q) is kept in the vicinity of an uncharged conducting plate. Sketch electric field lines between the charge and the plate.
(ii) Two infinitely large plane thin parallel sheets having surface charge densities σ₁ and σ₂ (σ₁ > σ₂) are shown in the figure. Write the magnitudes and directions of the fields in the regions marked II and III.