Chapter 23: Q. 12 (page 653)

The electric field $5.0 cm$ from a very long charged wire is ( $2000 N / C$ , toward the wire). What is the charge (in $nC$ ) on a $1.0$ -cm-long segment of the wire $?$

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The charge on a segment of the wire is $- 0.0556 nC$ .

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Formula for linear charge density

Electric field,

$E = \frac{λ}{2 {πε}_{0} r}$

Linear charge density,

$λ = \frac{q}{l}$

Given segment $∆ l$ , the linear charge density will be:

$λ = \frac{q}{Δl}$

Derivation for charge

Electric field,

$E = \frac{(\frac{q}{Δl})}{2 {πε}_{0} r}$

$E = \frac{q}{(Δl) 2 {πε}_{0} r}$

Rearrange the value,

$q = (Δl) 2 {πε}_{0} r \cdot E$

Calculation of of the wire

Charge is,

$q = (0.01 m) 2 π (8.85 \times 10^{- 12} \frac{C^{2}}{N \cdot m^{2}}) (0.05 m) (2000 \frac{N}{C})$

$= 5.56 \times 10^{- 11} C$

$q = (5.56 \times 10^{- 11} C) \cdot (\frac{1.0 \times 10^{9} nC}{1 C}) = 0.0556 nC$

Because the electric field is oriented toward the wire, the charge on the wire will have a negative charge.

$q = - 0.0556 nC$

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