Question

A uniformly charged ring of radius 10.0 cm has a total charge of 50.0 μC Find the electric field on the axis of the ring at 30.0 cm from the center of the ring.

Answer 1

Answer: 4.27 *10^6 N/C

Explanation: In order to calculate the electric field along the axis of charged ring we have to use the following expression:

E=k*x/(a^2+x^2)^3/2    where a is the ring radius and x the distance to the point measured from the center of the ring.

Replacing the data we have:

E= (9* 10^9* 0.3* 50 * 10^-6)/(0.1^2+0.3^2)^3/2

then

E=4.27 * 10^6 N/C