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Conductor and Capacitor

The document discusses electrostatics concepts including equipotential surfaces, electric fields inside conductors and dielectrics, parallel plate capacitors, equivalent capacitance in circuits, Gauss's law, and electric potential. It contains 8 problems covering these topics asking about equipotential surfaces, electric fields, capacitor charging, energy storage, and potential calculations.

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Conductor and Capacitor

The document discusses electrostatics concepts including equipotential surfaces, electric fields inside conductors and dielectrics, parallel plate capacitors, equivalent capacitance in circuits, Gauss's law, and electric potential. It contains 8 problems covering these topics asking about equipotential surfaces, electric fields, capacitor charging, energy storage, and potential calculations.

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Electrostatics - 1

[Link] do you mean by equipotential surface ?


Prove that field lines always move towards lower equipotential surfaces and are perpendicular to them. (1 + 2)
[Link] explain why does the net electric field inside a conducting slab become zero, soon after it is put inside
an external field. (3)
3.A parallel plate capacitor is charged using a battery of emf 10 V and carries a final charge 60 µC . What is the
capacitance and work done by the battery for fully charging the capacitor? (2)
The capacitor is then disconnected from the battery and the capacitor terminals are connected across an
uncharged capacitor 4 µF . What is the final common potential attained by them, charge on each capacitor and
the heat energy produced? (1 + 2 + 2)
4. . In the given circuit all capacitors are 8µF except the central three. The central three
capacitors are 4µF each containing dielectric of K=3. Find equivalent capacitance across A
& B.(3)

5. Given that the electrostatic force on a point charge is F= qE ,derive the expression for
electrostatic force between charged capacitor plates.(2).
6. Three equal charges 2 C each, are kept at the vertices of a triangle of side length 1m.
Find the net electrostatic force on any one charge due to the other two. Calculate net
potential energy. (2 + 1)
7. Find the potential difference between x=2 and x=4 , if electric field E = 4xi is present in the region.(2)

Electrostatics -2
[Link] is a conductor assumed an equipotential region? (1)
[Link] density of equipotential surfaces is proportional to the electric field strength. Explain. (2)
[Link] explain how does the electric field within dielectric become less than external field. Give the expression
of dielectric constant in terms of field. (3)
4. A parallel plate capacitor of 4 µF is charged using a battery of emf 15 V. What is heat produced during
charging process? (2)
5. Two concentric conducting shells of radii R and 3R, are given charge Q and 2Q
respectively. Find the potential of each shell and hence calculate the potential
difference? (3)
6. In the given circuit all capacitors are 6µF except the top capacitor. The top
capacitor is 3 µF , and contains a dielectric of K=2. Find equivalent capacitance
across A & B.
If a battery of emf 10V is connected across A & B, find the energy stored in top
capacitor.(3 + 4 )
7. Use Gauss's Law to find the field at the surface of a charged conductor with local
charge density σ.(2)
[Link] the potential at a distance x ,from centre, on the axis of a charged ring of radius R, charge Q?(2)

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