Chapter 14: Q27P (page 580)
You rub a plastic comb through your hair and it now carries a charge of . What is the charge on your hair?
Chapter 14: Q27P (page 580)
You rub a plastic comb through your hair and it now carries a charge of . What is the charge on your hair?
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You have two identical neutral metal spheres labeled A and B, mounted on insulating posts, and you have a plastic pen that charges negatively when you rub it on your hair (Figure 14.77).
(a) (+ and −) Explain in detail, including diagrams, what operations you would carry out to give sphere A some positive charge and sphere B an equal amount of negative charge. (b) (+ and +) Explain in detail, including diagrams, what operations you would carry out on the neutral spheres to give sphere A some positive charge and sphere B an equal amount of positive charge (the spheres are initially uncharged).
A large positive charge pulls on a distant electron. How does the net force on the electron change if a slab of glass is inserted between the large positive charge and the electron? Does the net force get bigger, smaller, or stay the same? Explain, using only labeled diagrams. (Be sure to show all the forces on the electron before determining the net force on the electron, not just the force exerted by the large positive charge. Remember that the part of the net force on the electron contributed by the large positive charge does not change when the glass is inserted: the electric interaction extends through matter.)
Which observation provides evidence that two objects have the same sign charge? (a) The two objects repel each other. (b) The two objects attract each other. (c) The two objects do not interact at all. (d) The strength of the interaction between the two objects depends on distance.
A negatively charged iron block is placed in a region where there is an electric field downward (in the Y − direction) due to charges not shown. Which of the diagrams (a–f) in Figure 14.88 best describes the charge distribution in and/or on the iron block?
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