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sergiy2304 [10]
3 years ago
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A long metal cylinder with radius a is supported on an insulating stand on the axis of a long, hollow, metal tube with radius b.

The positive charge per unit length on the inner cylinder is λ, and there is an equal negative charge per unit length on the outer cylinder /a b, (iii) r > b Calculate the potential V(r) for (i) r ca,俪) a (Hint: The net potential is the sum of the potentials due to the individual conductors.) Take V 0 at r-b. a. 2charge per unit length lm上 b. Show that the potential of the inner cylinder with respect to the outer is -I c. Show that the electric field at any point between the cylinders has magnitude
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1 answer:
bija089 [108]3 years ago
7 0

a)

i) Potential for r < a: V(r)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

ii) Potential for a < r < b:  V(r)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0}  ln\frac{b}{r}

iii) Potential for r > b: V(r)=0

b) Potential difference between the two cylinders: V_{ab}=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

c) Electric field between the two cylinders: E=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} \frac{1}{r}

Explanation:

a)

Here we want to calculate the potential for r < a.

Before calculating the potential, we have to keep in mind that the electric field outside an infinite wire or an infinite cylinder uniformly charged is

E=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r}

where

\lambda is the linear charge density

r is the distance from the wire/surface of the cylinder

By integration, we find an expression for the electric potential at a distance of r:

V(r) =\int Edr = \frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(r)

Inside the cylinder, however, the electric field is zero, because the charge contained by the Gaussian surface is zero:

E=0

So the potential where the electric field is zero is constant:

V=const.

iii) We start by evaluating the potential in the region r > b. Here, the net electric field is zero, because the Gaussian surface of radius r here contains a positive charge density +\lambda and an equal negative charge density -\lambda. Therefore, the net charge is zero, so the electric field is zero.

This means that the electric potential is constant, so we can write:

\Delta V= V(r) - V(b) = 0\\\rightarrow V(r)=V(b)

However, we know that the potential at b is zero, so

V(r)=V(b)=0

ii) The electric field in the region a < r < b instead it is given only by the positive charge +\lambda distributed over the surface of the inner cylinder of radius a, therefore it is

E=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi r \epsilon_0}

And so the potential in this region is given by:

V(r)=\int\limits^b_r {Edr} = \frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0}  (ln(b)-ln(r))=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0}  ln\frac{b}{r} (1)

i) Finally, the electric field in the region r < a is zero, because the charge contained in this region is zero (we are inside the surface of the inner cylinder of radius a):

E = 0

This means that the potential in this region remains constant, and it is equal to the potential at the surface of the inner cylinder, so calculated at r = a, which can be calculated by substituting r = a into expression (1):

V(a)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

And so, for r<a,

V(r)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

b)

Here we want to calculate the potential difference between the surface of the inner cylinder and the surface of the outer cylinder.

We have:

- Potential at the surface of the inner cylinder:

V(a)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

- Potential at the surface of the outer cylinder:

V(b)=0

Therefore, the potential difference is simply equal to

V_{ab}=V(a)-V(b)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} ln(\frac{b}{a})

c)

Here we want to find the magnitude of the electric field between the two cylinders.

The expression for the electric potential between the cylinders is

V(r)=\int\limits^b_r {Edr} = \frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0}  (ln(b)-ln(r))=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0}  ln\frac{b}{r}

The electric field is just the derivative of the electric potential:

E=-\frac{dV}{dr}

so we can find it by integrating the expression for the electric potential. We find:

E=-\frac{d}{dr}(\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} (ln(b)-ln(r))=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0} \frac{1}{r}

So, this is the expression of the electric field between the two cylinders.

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