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Electrostatic Potential & Capacitance
1. If the distance between the plates of a capacitor is halved then what happens
to its capacitance?
2. A parallel plate capacitor has plates of area 200 cm2 and separation between
the plates 1 mm. Calculate (i) the potential difference between the plates if 1n
C charge is given to the capacitor (ii) with the same charge (1n C) if the plate
separation is increased to 2 mm, what is the new potential difference and (iii)
electric field between the plates.
3. Define electric potential difference between two points ?
4. “Electric potential at a point is 5 volts” .what do you mean by these statements
?
5. Give the unit and dimensions of electric potential
6. If " W " is the work done to bring a charge " q " from infinity to a point then
what is the electric potential at that point ?
7. What do you mean by electric potential at a point ?
8. What is meant by equipotential surface?
9. Inside a hollow charged spherical conductor, the potential ________ .
10. Two electrons are held 3μm apart. When released from rest, what is the
velocity of each electron when they are 8μm apart?
11. The distance AB between charges Q1 and Q2 shown below is 5.0 m. How
much work must be done to move charge Q2 to a new location at point C so
that the distance BC = 2.5 m?
12. Draw the equipotential surface in a uniform electric field?
13. Draw the equipotential surface for two like charges separated by a small
distance ?
14. Draw the equipotential surface for an electric dipole?
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15. Write the expression for the potential at a point on the surface of i) The inner
sphere and ii) The outer sphere.
16. Find the work done to assemble two charges q1 and q2 at the points of
potentials V(r1) and V(r2) respectively?
17. An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field at an angle θ with the
field E. a) What happens to the dipole b) Obtain the expression for energy of
the above system. c) Give the conditions for stable and unstable equilibrium of
the dipole system.
18. N identical and equally charged (q) liquid drops coleases to form a single big
drop. What is the charge and capacitance of the big drop. ?
19. Define electric polarization and give its unit ?
[Link] the relation between polarization and electric field ?
21. Distinguish between polar and non-polar dielectrics with examples?
22. The work done to move half a revolution of electrons in an Orbit is zero. Why?
23. Prove that the electric field is always perpendicular to an equipotential
surface.
24. What do you mean by the energy of a system of three charges ?
25. What are the different methods to increase the capacitance of a parallel plate
capacitor?
26. What is the use of a capacitor ?
27.
[Link] the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor ?
29. What are the methods to increase the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor?
[Link] is the energy stored in a capacitor ?
31. When a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates of a capacitor what
happens to its capacitance ?
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32. When a dielectric is introduced between the plates of a charged but source
less parallel plates capacitor then what happens to the electric field between
the plates ?
33. Define one Farad ?
34. Give the unit and dimensions of capacitance ?
35. Find the resultant capacitance when three capacitors of capacitance C1, C2
and C3 are connected in series ?
36. You are provided with three capacitors of capacitance C1, C2 and C3. How will
you connect them to get maximum capacitance? Obtain the expression for
total capacitance of the combination.
37. obtain the expression for the potential due to an electric dipole at any point.
[Link] is the potential at a point on the axial and equatorial lines of the dipole.
39. what do you mean by energy of a capacitor
[Link] is the work done by the field of a nucleus in a complete circular orbit of
the electron? What if the orbit is elliptical? Justify your answer.
41. Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to (a) a single
positive charge at the origin, and (b) a uniform grid consisting of long equally
spaced parallel charged wires in a plane.
42. Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to (a) a
constant electric field in the z-direction, (b) a field that uniformly increases in
magnitude but remains in a constant (say, z) direction,
43. A bird perches on a bare high power line, and nothing happens to the bird. A
man standing on the ground touches the same line and gets a fatal shock.
Why?
