COULOMB’S LAW(PKGS) 12.

2  1011
Level 1 13. Nacl molecule is bound due to the electric force
1. Find the dimensional formula of 0. between the sodium and the chlorine ions when one
1. I2M1L3T4 electron of sodium is transferred to chlorine. Taking the
2. A charge of 1.0 C is placed at the top of the your separation between the ions to be 2.75  108 cm, find
college building and another equal charge at the top of the force of attraction between them. State the
your house. Take the separation between the two assumptions (if any) that you have made.
charges to be 2.0 km. Find the force exerted by the 13. 3.05  10-9 N
charges on each other. How many times of your weight 14. Find the ratio of the electric and gravitational forces
is this force? between two protons.
2. 2.25  103 N 14. 1.23  1036
3. At what separation should two equal charges, 1.0 C 15. Suppose an attractive nuclear force acts between two
each, be placed so that the force between them equals protons which may be written as F = Cekr/r2. (a) Write
the weight of a 50 kg person? down the dimensional formulae and appropriate IS units
3. 4.3  103 m of C and k. (b) Suppose that k = 1 fermi1 and that the
4. Two equal charges are placed at a separation of 1.0 m. repulsive electric force between the protons is just
What should be the magnitude of the charges so that the balanced by the attractive nuclear force when the
force between them equals the weight of a 50 kg person? separation is 5 fermi. Find the value of C.
4. 2.3  104 C 15. ML3T2, L1, N–m2, m1 (b) 3.4  1026 N–m2
5. Find the electric force between two protons separated 6
16. Three equal charges, 2.0  10 C each, are held fixed at
by a distance of 1 fermi (1 fermi = 1015 m).The protons the three corners of an equilateral triangle of side 5 cm.
in a nucleus remain at a separation of this order. Find the Coulomb force experienced by one of the
5. 230 N charges due to the rest two.
6. Two charges 2.0  106C and 1.0  106C are placed at 16. 24.9 N at 30 with the extended sides from the charge
a separation of 10 cm. Where should a third charge be under consideration
placed such that it experiences no net force due to these 17. Four equal charges 2.0  106C each are fixed at the
charges? four corners of a square of side 5 cm. Find the Coulomb
6. 5.9 cm from the larger charge in between the two force experienced by one of the charges due to the rest
charges three.
7. Suppose the second charge in the previous problem is 17. 27.5 N at 45 with the extended sides of the square from
1.0x106 C. Locate the position where a third charge the charge under consideration
will not experience at net force. 18. A hydrogen atom contains one proton and one electron.
7. 34.1 cm form the larger charge on the line joining the It may be assumed that the electron revolves in a circle
charge in the side of the smaller charge of radius 0.53 angstrom (1 angstrom = 1010 m and is
8. Two charged particles are placed at a distance 1.0 cm abbreviated as Å) with the proton at the centre. The
apart. What is the minimum possible magnitude of the hydrogen atom is said to be in the ground state in this
electric force acting on each charge? case. Find the magnitude of the electric force between
8. 2.3  1024 N the proton and the electron of a hydrogen atom in its
9. Estimate the number of electrons in 100 g of water. ground state.
How much is the total negative charge on these 18. 8.2  108 N
electrons? 19. find the speed of the electron in the ground state of a
9. 3.35  1025, 5.35  106 C hydrogen atom. The description of ground state is given
10. Suppose all the electrons of 100 g water are lumped in the previous problem.
together to form a negatively charged particle and all the 19. 2.18  106 m/s
nuclei are lumped together to form a positively charged 20. Ten positively charged particles are kept fixed on the
particle. If these two particles are placed 10.0 cm away X-axis at points x = 10 cm, 20 cm 30 cm, …, 100 cm.
from each other, find the force of attraction between The first particles has a charge 1.0  108 C, the second
them. Compare it with your weight. 8  108 C, the third 27  108 C and so on. The tenth
10. 2.56  1025 N particle has a charge 1000  108 C. Find the magnitude
11. Consider a gold nucleus to be a sphere of radius 6.9 of the electric force acting on a 1 C charge placed at the
fermi in which protons and neutrons are distributed. origin.
Find the force of repulsion between two protons situated
20. 4.95  105 N
at largest separation. Why do these protons not fly apart
21. Two charged particles having charge 2.0  108 C each
under this repulsion?
are joined by an insulating string of length 1 m and the
11. 1.2 N
system is kept on a smooth horizontal table. Find the
12. Two insulating small spheres are rubbed against each
tension in the string.
other and placed 1 cm apart. If they attract each other
with a force of 0.1 N, how many electrons were 21. 3.6  106 N
transferred from one sphere to the other during rubbing?
22. Two identical balls, each having a charge of 2.00  107 4. A particle A having a charge of 2.0  106 C is held
C and a mass of 100 g, are suspended from a common fixed on a horizontal table. A second charged particle of
point by two insulating strings each 50 cm long. The mass 80 g stays in equilibrium on the table at a distance
balls are held at a separation 5.0 cm apart and then of 10 cm from the first charge. The coefficient of
released. Find (a) the electric force on one of the friction between the table and this second particle is  =
charged balls (b) the components of the resultant force 0.2. Find the range within which the charge of this
on it along and perpendicular to the string. (c) the second particle may lie.
tension in the string (d) the acceleration of one of the 4. between 8.71  108 C
balls. Answers are to be obtained only for the instant just 5. A particle having a charge of 2.0  106 C and a mass of
after the release. 100 g is placed at the bottom of a smooth inclined plane
22. (a) 0.144 N of inclination 30. Where should another particle B,
(b) zero, 0.095 N away from the other charge having same charge and mass, be placed on the incline
(c) 0.986 N and (d) 0.95 m/s2 perpendicular to the string so that it may remain in equilibrium?
and going away from the other charge 5-. 27 cm from the bottom
23. Two identical pitch balls are charged by rubbing against 6. Two particles A and B, each having a charge Q, are
each other. They are suspended from a horizontal rod placed a distance d apart. Where should a particle of
through two strings of length 20 cm each, the separation charge q be placed on the perpendicular bisector of AB
between the suspension points being 5 cm. Ion so that it experiences maximum force? What is the
equilibrium, the separation between the balls is 3 cm. magnitude of this maximum force?
Find the mass of each ball and the tension in the strings. Qq
The charge on each ball has a magnitude 2.0  108 C. 6. d/22, 3.08
4 0 d 2
23. 8.2 g, 8.2  102 N
24. Two small spheres, each having a mass of 20 g, are 7. Two particle A and B, each carrying a charge Q, are
suspended from a common point by two insulating held fixed with a separation d between them. A particle
strings of length 40 cm each. The spheres are identically C having mass m and charge q is kept at the middle
charged and the separation between the balls at point of the line AB. (a) If it is displaced through a
equilibrium is found to be 4 cm. Find the charge on each distance x perpendicular to AB, what would be the
sphere. electric force experienced by it. (b) Assuming x  d,
24. 4.17  108 C show that this force is proportional to x. (c) Under what
25. Two identical pith balls, each carrying a charge q, are conditions will the particle C execute simple harmonic
suspended from a common point by two string of equal motion if it is released after such a small displacement?
length . Find the mass of each ball if the angle between Find the time period of the oscillations is these
the string is 2 in equilibrium. conditions are satisfied.
1/ 2
q 2 cot  Qqx  m 2 0 d 3 
25. 7. (a) 3/ 2
(c)  
16 0 g  2 sin 2   d2   Qq 
2 0  x 2  
Level 2  4 
1. A particle having a charge of 2.0  104 C is placed 8. Repeat the previous problem if the particle C is
directly below and at a separation of 10 cm from the bob displaced through a distance x along the line AB.
of a simple pendulum at rest. The mass of the bob is 100 8. time period = ..
g. What charge should be given so that the string 9. Calculate the ratio of the electrostatic to gravitational
becomes loose. interaction forces between two electrons, between two
1. 5.4  109 C protons. At what value of the specific charge q/m of a
2. Two particles A and B having charges q and 2q particle would these forces become equal (in their
respectively are placed on a smooth table with a absolute values) in the case of interaction of identical
separation d. A third particle C is to be clamped on the particles?
table in such a way that the particle A and B remain at q
rest on the table under electrical forces. What should be 9.  0.86 x1010 C / kg
the charge on C and where should it be clamped? m
2. (6  42)q, between q and 2q at a distance of (2  10. What would be the interaction force between two copper
1)d from q spheres, each of mass 1 g, separated by the distance 1 m,
3. Two identically charged particles are fastened to the two if the total electronic charge in them differed from the
ends of a spring of spring constant 100 N/m and natural total charge of the nuclei by one percent?
length 10 cm. The system rests on a smooth horizontal 10. 2x1015N approximately
table. If the charge on each particle is 2.0  108 C, find 11. Two small equally charged spheres, each of mass m, are
the extension in the length of the spring. Assume that the suspended from the same point by silk threads of length
extension is small as compared to the natural length. l. The distance between the spheres x << l. Find the rate
Justify this assumption after you solve the problem. dq/dt with which the charge leaks off each sphere if their
3. 3.6  106 m
 a 16. A positive point charge 50 C is located in the plane xy
approach velocity varies as v = , where a is a   
x at the point with radius vector r0  2i  3 j , where i and
constant. j are the unit vectors of the x and y axes. Find the vector
of the electric field strength E and its magnitude at the
dq 3a 2 o mg   
11.  point with radius vector r  8i  5 j . Here r0 and r are
dt 2 l
12. Two small balls of mass m each are suspended by light expressed in metres .
 
strings of length l as shown. Initially each ball carries a 16. 2.7i  3.6 j
charge q. The initial separation between the balls is r 17. Two positive charges q1 and q2 are located at the points
(r<<l) . The charge of each ball slowly drains in  
surroundings ; the charge on each ball changes with time with radius vectors r1 and r2 . Find a negative charge q3
as qt = q(1-bt)3/2 , where b is a given constant. As a result 
, the balls get closer . Find the speed with which the and a radius vector r3 of the point at which it has to be
balls approach each other. placed for the force acting on each of the three charges
to be equal to zero.
 
q1q2  r1 q2  r2 q1
17. q3   , r3 
l l
( q1  q2 )2 q1  q2
r 18. Point charges q and -q are located at the vertices of a
A B square with diagonals 2l as shown in Figure. Find the
1/3
 2Lkq 2b3  magnitude of the electric field strength at a point located
12. v     symmetrically with respect to the vertices of the square
 mg  at a distance x from its centre.
13. Two small positively charged spheres are suspended -q -q
from a common point at the ceiling by insulating light
l
strings of equal length . The first sphere has mass m 1
and charge q1 and the second one has mass m 2 and
charge q2. If the first string makes an angle θ1 with the
vertical , find the angle θ2 that the second string makes
with the vertical .
q q
 m sin 1 
13.  2  sin  1 ql
1
 18.
 m2  2 0 (l 2  x 2 )3/2
14. Two metal spheres of equal mass and radius are 19. A thin insulator rod is placed between two unlike point
suspended from a common point , with two insulating charge +q1 and q2 . How will the forces acting on the
threads of same length. If the spheres are loaded with charges change?
equal electric charges, and submerged in paraffin , the  
angle between the two threads is 2αp=600.If the spheres q1 q1
are in vacuum , the angle between the threads is 2αA = 19. Total force on q1 increases
700. Determine the density of the spheres. (relative 20. A thin wire ring of radius r has an electric charge q.
permittivity of paraffin is εr = 2 and its density is ρP = What will be the increment of the force stretching the
800 kg/m3. The diameter of the spheres is much less wire if a point charge q0 is placed at the ring's centre?
than the length of the threads.
qq0
p  r sin 2  p 20.
14.   8 2 0 r 2
tan  A sin  A
2
21. Two small balls having the same mass and charge and
 r sin 2  p 
tan  p located on the same vertical at heights h1 and h2 are
thrown in the same direction along the horizontal at the
15. In free space , far from all celestial objects, one of mass
same velocity v. The first ball touches the ground at a
m1 = 6x10-12kg and charge Q1= 2.43x10-13 kg and the
distance l from the initial vertical. At what height H2
other of mass m2 = 1.2x10-11kg and charge Q2= -
will the second ball be at this instant? The air drag and
2.43x10-13 kg move at a constant speed in such a way
the effect of the charges induced on the ground should
that the distance d=1.5cm between them is also constant.
be neglected.
How is this possible? Determine the speed of particles .
gl 2
v
15. v2  1  3.17cm / s 21. H 2  h1  h2 
2 v2