The document contains 9 questions regarding Coulomb's Law and the forces between charged particles. It asks about the force between various charged nuclei and electrons at different distances, as well as the net force and attraction/repulsion between combinations of charges placed at set positions. The answers provided give the calculated force values for each question.
The document contains 9 questions regarding Coulomb's Law and the forces between charged particles. It asks about the force between various charged nuclei and electrons at different distances, as well as the net force and attraction/repulsion between combinations of charges placed at set positions. The answers provided give the calculated force values for each question.
The document contains 9 questions regarding Coulomb's Law and the forces between charged particles. It asks about the force between various charged nuclei and electrons at different distances, as well as the net force and attraction/repulsion between combinations of charges placed at set positions. The answers provided give the calculated force values for each question.
The document contains 9 questions regarding Coulomb's Law and the forces between charged particles. It asks about the force between various charged nuclei and electrons at different distances, as well as the net force and attraction/repulsion between combinations of charges placed at set positions. The answers provided give the calculated force values for each question.
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Coulombs Law Questions
1. A helium nucleus has charge +2e and a neon nucleus +10e, where e = 1.60 x 10-19 coul. With what force do they repel each other when separated by 3 x 10-9 meters? 2. If two equal charges, each of 1 coulomb, were separated in air by a distance of 1 km, what would be the force between them? 3. Determine the force between two free electrons spaced 1 angstrom (10-10 m) apart. 4. What is the force of repulsion between two argon nuclei when separated by 1 millimicron (10-9 m)? The charge on an argon nucleus is +18e. 5. Two equally charged pith balls are 3 cm apart in air and repel each other with a force of 4 x 10-5 N. Compute the charge on each ball. 6. Two small equal pith balls are 3 cm apart in air and carry charges of +3 x 10-9 and 12 x 10-9 C respectively. Compute the force of attraction. If the balls are touched and then separated by a distance of 3 cm, what will be the force between them? 7. The normal hydrogen atom consists of a proton nucleus and an orbital electron, each carrying the fundamental charge of magnitude e = 1.60 x 10-19 C. Assuming that the electron orbit is circular and the separation between the particles is 5.3 x 10-11 meters, find: a) the force of electrical attraction between the particles b) the gravitational force of attraction between them c) which force is larger? How many times? (mass e- = 9.11 x 10-31 kg ; p+ = 1.67 x 10-27 kg) 8.
+5e
-4e 2 cm 1 cm
What is the net force on
the sphere having charge of 4e?
+2e 9. Charges of +2, +3 and 8 microcoulombs are placed in air at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm. Calculate the magnitude of the force acting on the -8c due to the other two charges. (1 microcoulomb (1 c) = 1 x 10-6 C)
Answers for Coulombs Law Questions
5.1 x 10-10 N 8930 N repulsion 2.3 x 10-8 N repulsion 7.4 x 10-8 N 2 x 10-9 C a) 3.6 x 10 4 N b) 2 x 10-4 N repulsion a) 8.14 x 10-8 N b) 3.61 x 10-47 N c) Electrical force 2.25 x 10-47 times greater 8. Fnet = 2.16 x 10-23 N L58D 9. 31.1 N 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
