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1.
A parallel plate capacitor made of circular plates each of radius 10.0 cm has a capacitance 200 pF. The capacitor is connected to a 200 V a.c. supply with an angular frequency of 200 rad s-1.
(a) What is the r.m.s value of the conduction current?
(b) Is the conduction current equal to displacement current?
(c) Peak value of displacement current.
(d) Determine the amplitude of magnetic field at a point 2.0 cm from the axis between the plates.
2.
A parallel plate capacitor made of circular plates each of radius 10 cm has a capacity 200 pF. The capacitor is connected to a 230 V a.c. supply with an angular frequency of 400 rad s-1.
(i) What is the rms value of the conduction current?
(ii) Find the amplitude of \(\overrightarrow { B } \) at a point 2.0 cm from the axis of the plates.
3.
A beam of light travelling along x-axis is described by the magnetic field, \({ B }_{ z }=5\times { 10 }^{ -9 }T\sin { \omega \left( t-x/c \right) } \) Calculate the maximum electric and magnetic forces on a charge, i.e.alpha particle moving along y-axis with a speed of 3 x 107 m/s, charge on electron = 1.6 x 10-19C
4.
A plane electromagnetic wave in the visible region is moving along z-direction. The frequency of the wave is 6 x 1014 Hz, and the electric field at any point is varying simusoidally with time with an amplitude of 2 V m-1. Calculate
(i) average energy density of the electric field and
(ii) average energy density of the magnetic field.
5.
The magnetic field in a plane electromagnetic wave is given by \(B=\left( 300\mu T \right) \sin { \left( 5.0\times { 10 }^{ -5 }{ s }^{ -1 } \right) } \left( t-x/c \right) \) Find (i) the maximum electric field and (ii) the average energy density corresponding to the electric field.
6.
Calculate the peak values of electric and magnetic fields produced by the radiation coming from a 100 watt bulb at a distance of 3 m. Assume that the efficiency of the bulb is 2.5% and it is a point source?
7.
How would you establish an instantaneous displacement current of 2.0 A in the space between the two parallel plates of \(1\mu F\) capacitor?
8.
There is a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance \(2.0\mu F.\) The voltage between the plates of parallel plate capacitor is changing at the rate of 6.0 V s-1 . What is the displacement current in the capacitor?
9.
A parallel plate capacitor has circular plates each of radius 6.0 cm. It is charged such that the electric field in the gap between its plates rises constantly at the rate of 1010 V cm-1 s-1. What is the displacement current?
10.
A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency 25 MHz travels in free space along the x-direction. At a particular point in space and time, \( { E } =6.3 \hat { j } \)V/m. What is B at this point?
1.
Here, R = 10 cm = 0.1 cm;
C = 200 pF = 200 x 10-12 F = 2 x 10-10 F;
Erms = 200 V; \(\omega\) = 200 rad s-1 ;
r = 2.0 x 10-2 m.
(a) \({ I }_{ rms }=\frac { { E }_{ rms } }{ 1/\omega C } =\omega C{ E }_{ rms }\)
= 200 x (2 x 10-10) x 200
(b) Yes, because ID = 1
(c) \({ I }_{ 0 }=\sqrt { 2 } { I }_{ rms }=\sqrt { 2 } \times 8\times { 10 }^{ -6 }\)
= 11.312 x 10-6 A
(d) Consider a loop of radius r between two circular plates of parallel plate capacitor placed coaxially with them. The area of this loop \({ A }^{ \prime }=\pi { r }^{ 2 }\)
By symmetry, the magnetic field \(\overrightarrow { B } \) is equal in magnitude and is tangentially to the circle at every point. In this case, only a part of displacement current ID will cross the loop of area \({ A }^{ \prime }\) . Therefore, the current passing through the area \({ A }^{ \prime }\)
\({ I }^{ \prime }=\frac { { I }_{ D } }{ \pi { R }^{ 2 } } \times \pi { r }^{ 2 }=\frac { { I }_{ D } }{ { R }^{ 2 } } { r }^{ 2 }\)
Using Ampere's Maxwell law we have, \(\oint { \overrightarrow { B } .\overrightarrow { dl } } ={ \mu }_{ 0 }\times \)(total current through the area \({ A }^{ \prime }\)) or \(B=\frac { { \mu }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 }r }{ 2\pi { R }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 4\pi \times { 10 }^{ -7 }\times 11.312\times { 10 }^{ -6 }\times 2\times { 10 }^{ -2 } }{ 2\pi \times { \left( 0.1 \right) }^{ 2 } } \)
or \(2\pi rB={ \mu }_{ 0 }\frac { { I }_{ 0 } }{ { R }^{ 2 } } { r }^{ 2 }\)
= 4.525 x 10-12 T
2.
Here, R = 10 cm = 0.10 cm;
C = 200 pF = 200 x 10-12 F,
\(\omega\)=400 rad s-1 , Vrms = 230 V.
(i) \({ I }_{ rms }=\frac { { V }_{ rms } }{ { X }_{ C } } =\frac { { V }_{ rms } }{ 1/\omega C } ={ V }_{ rms }\times \omega C\)
= 230 x 400 x (200 x 10-12)
= 18.4 x 10-6 A = 18.4 \(\mu A\)
(ii) Magnetic field at a distance r from the axis of plates is
\(B=\frac { { \mu }_{ 0 } }{ 2\pi } \frac { r }{ { R }^{ 2 } } I\) [See Solved Example 5]
Amplitude of \(\overrightarrow { B } \) is given by
\({ B }_{ 0 }=\frac { { \mu }_{ 0 } }{ 2\pi } \frac { r }{ { R }^{ 2 } } { I }_{ 0 }=\frac { { \mu }_{ 0 } }{ 2\pi } \frac { r }{ { R }^{ 2 } } { I }_{ rms }\sqrt { 2 } \)
\(\left[ \because { I }_{ rms }={ I }_{ 0 }/\sqrt { 2 } \right] \)
Here, r = 2.0 cm = 2.0 x 10-2 m ; R = 0.10 m.
\(\therefore { B }_{ 0 }=\frac { \left( 4\pi \times { 10 }^{ -7 } \right) }{ 2\pi } \times \frac { 2.0\times { 10 }^{ -2 } }{ { \left( 0.10 \right) }^{ 2 } } \times \left( 18.4\times { 10 }^{ -6 } \right) \)
= 1.04 x 10-11
3.
Here, Maximum magnetic field,
B0 = 5 x 10-9T;
charge on alpha particle, q = + 2e
= 2 x 1.6 x 10-19 = 3.2 x 10-19C,
v = 3 x 107 ms-1
Maximum electric field,
E0 = cB0 = (3 x 108) x (5 x 10-19) = 150 Vm-1
Maximum force on alpha particle due to electric field = q x E0 = (3.2 x 10-19) x 150
= 4.80 x 10-17 N
Force on alpha particle due to magnetic field = qvB0 = (3.2 x 10-19) x ( 3 x 107) x (5 x 10-9)
= 4.80 x 10-19 N
4.
Here, v = 6 x 1014 Hz, E0 = 2 V m-1
(i) Average energy density of the electric field
\({ u }_{ E }=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 }=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \times \left( 8.85\times { 10 }^{ -12 } \right) \times { 2 }^{ 2 }\)
\(=8.85\times { 10 }^{ -12 }J{ m }^{ -3 }\)
(ii) Average energy density of magnetic field
\({ u }_{ B }=\frac { { B }_{ 0 }^{ 2 } }{ 4{ \mu }_{ 0 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \frac { { \left( { E }_{ 0 }/c \right) }^{ 2 } }{ { \mu }_{ 0 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \frac { { E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 } }{ 4{ \mu }_{ 0 }{ c }^{ 2 } } \)
\(=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \times \frac { { 2 }^{ 2 } }{ \left( 4\pi \times { 10 }^{ -7 } \right) \times { \left( 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } \right) ^{ 2 } } } \)
\(=8.85\times { 10 }^{ -12 }J{ m }^{ -3 }\)
5.
Here, \({ B }_{ 0 }=300\mu T=3\times { 10 }^{ -4 }T\)
(i) Maximum value of electric field, \({ E }_{ 0 }=c{ B }_{ 0 }\)
\(\therefore { E }_{ 0 }=\left( 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } \right) \times \left( 3\times { 10 }^{ -4 } \right) =9\times { 10 }^{ 4 }V{ m }^{ -1 }\)
(ii) Average energy density corresponding to electric field is
\({ u }_{ E }=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 }=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \times \left( 8.85\times { 10 }^{ -12 } \right) \times \left( 9\times { 10 }^{ 4 } \right) ^{ 2 }\)
\(=19.91\times { 10 }^{ -4 }=1.99\times { 10 }^{ -3 }J{ m }^{ -3 }\)
6.
Useful Intensity,
\(I=\frac { power }{ area } =\frac { 100\times \left( 2.5/100 \right) }{ 4\pi { \left( 3 \right) }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 2.5 }{ 36\pi } W{ m }^{ -2 }\)
Half of this intensity (I) belongs to electric field and half of that to magnetic field. Therefore,
\(\frac { I }{ 2 } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } { \varepsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 }c \ or \ { E }_{ 0 }=\sqrt { \frac { 2I }{ { \varepsilon }_{ 0 }c } } \)
\(=\sqrt { \frac { 2\times \left( 2.5/36\pi \right) }{ \left( \frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \times 9\times { 10 }^{ 9 } } \right) \times \left( 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } \right) } } =4.08V{ m }^{ -1 }\)
\({ B }_{ 0 }=\frac { { E }_{ 0 } }{ c } =\frac { 4.08 }{ 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } } =1.36\times { 10 }^{ -8 }T\)
7.
Here, \({ I }_{ D }=2.0A, \ C=1\mu F={ 10 }^{ -6 }F.\)
We know, \({ I }_{ D }={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }\frac { d{ \phi }_{ E } }{ dt } ={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }\frac { d }{ dt } \left( EA \right) \)
\(={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }A\frac { dE }{ dt } ={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }A\frac { d }{ dt } \left( \frac { V }{ d } \right) ={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }\frac { A }{ d } \frac { dV }{ dt } =C\frac { dV }{ dt } \)
\(\left( \because E=\frac { V }{ d } \right) and \ \left( C=\frac { { \epsilon }_{ 0 }A }{ d } \right) \)
\(or \ \frac { dV }{ dt } =\frac { { I }_{ D } }{ D } =\frac { 2.0 }{ { 10 }^{ -6 } } =2\times { 10 }^{ -6 }V{ s }^{ -1 }\)
Thus a displacement current of 2.0 A can be set up by changing the potential difference across the parallel plates of capacitor at the rate of 2 x 106 Vs-1 .
8.
\(C=2.0\mu F=2\times { 10 }^{ -6 }F,\)
\(\frac { dV }{ dt } =6V{ s }^{ -1 }\)
Displacement current,
\({ I }_{ D }={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }A\frac { dE }{ dt } ={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }A\frac { d }{ dt } \left( \frac { V }{ d } \right) \)
\(=\frac { { \epsilon }_{ 0 }A }{ d } \frac { dV }{ dt } =C\frac { dV }{ dt } \)
\(=\left( 2\times { 10 }^{ -6 } \right) \times 6=12\times { 10 }^{ -6 }A\)
\(=12\mu A\)
9.
Here, \(r=6\times { 10 }^{ -2 }m;\)
\(A=\pi \times \left( 6\times { 10 }^{ -2 } \right) ^{ 2 }=36\pi \times { 10 }^{ -4 }{ m }^{ 2 }\)
\(\frac { dE }{ dt } ={ 10 }^{ 10 }V{ cm }^{ -1 }{ s }^{ -1 }={ 10 }^{ 12 }V{ m }^{ -1 }{ s }^{ -1 }\)
Displacement current,
\({ I }_{ D }={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }\frac { d{ \phi }_{ E } }{ dt } ={ \epsilon }_{ 0 }A\frac { dE }{ dt } \)
\(=\left( 8.85\times { 10 }^{ -12 } \right) \times \left( 36\pi \times { 10 }^{ -4 } \right) \times { 10 }^{ 12 }\)
= 0.1 A
10.
Using Eq, the magnitude of B is
\(B=\frac { E }{ c } \)
\(=\frac { 6.3V/m }{ 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 }m/s } =2.1\times { 10 }^{ -8 }T\)
To find the direction, we note that E is along y-direction and the wave propagates along x-axis. Therefore, B should be in a direction perpendicular to both x- and y-axes. Using vector algebra, E × B should be along x-direction.
Since, \((+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{j}}) \times(+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{i}}, \mathbf{B}\) is along the z-direction.
Thus, \(\mathbf{B}=2.1 \times 10^{-8} \hat{\mathbf{k}} \mathrm{T}\)
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