Rheostats are pure resistances with a provision to vary the resistance connected in the circuit with a moving contact. Resistance do not have polarities
Answer: a) 73.41 10^-12 F; b)4.83* 10^3 N/C; c) 3.66 *10^3 N/C
Explanation: To solve this problem we have to consider the following: The Capacity= Charge/Potential Difference
As we know the capacity is value that depend on the geometry of the capacitor, in our case two concentric spheres.
So Potential Difference between the spheres is given by:
ΔV=-
Where E = k*Q/ r^2
so we have 
then
Vb-Va=k*Q(1/b-1/a)=kQ (ab/b-a)
Finally using C=Q/ΔV=ab/(k(b-a))
To caclulate the electric firld we first obtain the charge
Q=ΔV*C=120 V*73.41 10^-12 F=8.8 10^-9 C
so E=KQ/r^2 for both values of r
r=12.8 cm ( in meters)
r2=14.7 cm
E(r1)=4.83* 10^3 N/C
E(r2)=3.66 *10^3 N/C
Answer:
1.843 x 10^-5 C
Explanation:
<u><em>Givens:
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It is given that the air starts ionizing when the electric field in the air exceeds a magnitude of 3 x 10^6 N/C, which means that the max electric field can stand without forming a spark is 3 x 10^6 N/C.
Also it is given that the radius of the disk is 50 cm, it is required to find out the max amount of charge that the disk can hold without forming spark, which means the charge that would produce the max magnitude of the electric field that air can stand without forming spark, and since we know that the electric field in between 2 disk "Capacitor" is given by the following equation
E = (Q/A)/∈o (1)
Where,
Q: total charge on the disk.
A: the area of the disk.
<u><em>Calculations: </em></u>
We want to find the quantity of charge on the disk that would produce an electric field of 3 x 10^6 N/C, knowing the radius of the disk we can find the cross-section of the disk, thus substituting in equation (1) we find the maximum quantity of charge the disk can hold
Q = EA∈o
= (3 x 10^6) x (π*0.50) x (8.85 x 10^-12)
= 1.843 x 10^-5 C
note:
calculations maybe wrong but method is correct
