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Published on: 23/09/2019
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1.
Use the formula \({ \lambda }_{ m }\) T = 0.29 cm-K to obtain the characteristic temperature ranges for different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. What do the numbers that you obtain, tell you?
2.
About 5% of the power of a 100 W light bulb is converted to visible radiation. What is the average intensity of visible radiation.
(a) At a distance of 1 m from the bulb
(b) At a distance of 10 m?
Assume that the radiation is emitted isotropically and neglect reflection.
3.
Suppose that the electric field part of an electromagnetic wave in vacuum is
E = [3.1 cos{1.8 y + (5.4 \(\times\)106t)}] \(\hat{i}\)
(i) What is the direction of propagation?
(ii) What is the wavelength \(\lambda \)?
(iii) What is the frequency \(v\) ?
(iv) What is the amplitude of the magnetic field part of the wave?
(v) Write an expression for the magnetic field part of the wave.
4.
Identify the type of waves which are produced by the following way and write one application for each:
(i) Radioactive decay of the nucleus.
(ii) Rapid acceleration and decelerations of electrons in aerials.
(iii) Bombarding a metal target by high energy electrons.
5.
Electromagnetic waves travel in a medium with a speed of 2 x 108 ms-1. The relative magnetic permeability of the medium is 1. Find the relative electrical permittivity.
6.
The electric field of a plane e.m.wave in vacuum is represented by; \(\overset { \rightarrow }{ { E }_{ x } } =0\)
\(\overset { \rightarrow }{ { E }_{ y } } =0.5cos\left[ 2\pi \times { 10 }^{ 8 }\left( t-\frac { x }{ c } \right) \right] ;\ \overset { \rightarrow }{ { E }_{ 2 } } =0\)
(a) What is the direction of propagation of electromagnetic waves?
(b) Determine the wavelength of the wave.
(c) Compute the component of the associated magnetic field.
7.
What ideas led maxwell to think about electromagnetic waves?
8.
What features of e.m. waves led maxwell to conclude that light itself is e.m. wave?
9.
If the wavefront of electromagnetic wave travelling in a vacuum is given by; \(\overset { \rightarrow }{ r } =\hat { i } +\hat { j } +\hat { k } \) find the angle made by the direction of propagation of e.m. wave with the y-axis.
10.
In a plane electromagnetic wave, the electric field oscillates with amplitude \(20V{ m }^{ -1 }\). Find (a) energy density of electric field (b) energy density of magnetic field
11.
The amplitude of the magnetic field part of a harmonic electromagnetic wave in vacuum is B0 = 510 nT. What is the amplitude of the electric field part of the wave?
12.
Monica's mother was heating food on a gas stove. Her friend Ruchi came and saw her mother heating food on the gas stove. Ruchi told Monica's mother, "Why don't you buy a microwave oven"? Monica's mother replied at once that she doesn't like to use microwave oven. Monica and Ruchi made it clear that microwave is not harmful for cooking food. This is an easy and safe process. Monica's mother got convinced and ordered for a microwave oven. Monica's mother then arranged a small party for her friends and told them the advantages of a microwave oven.
What value was displayed by Monica and her friend?
What value was displayed by Monica to her friends?
1.
Given, \(\lambda\)mT = 0.29 cm-K
\(\Rightarrow \quad \lambda_m=\frac{0.29}{T} \mathrm{~cm}\)
Let us take, \(\lambda\)m = 10-6 m = 10-4 cm
Required absolute temperature,
\(T=\frac{0.29}{10^{-4}}=2900 \mathrm{~K}\)
Let us take, \(\lambda\)m = 5 \(\times\)10-5 cm for visible region.
Required absolute temperature,
\(T=\frac{0.29}{5 \times 10^{-5}}=5800 \mathrm{~K} \approx 6000 \mathrm{~K}\)
Hence, we can find the temperature for other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in the same way. So, these numbers tell us about the temperature ranges for which atomic vibrations can produce these parts of electromagnetic waves.
2.
Power rating of bulb, P = 100 W
It is given that about 5% of its power is converted into visible radiation.
∴ Power of visible radiation,
\(P I=\frac{5}{100} \times 100=5 W\)
Hence, the power of visible radiation is 5W.
(a) Distance of a point from the bulb, d = 1 m
Hence, intensity of radiation at that point is given as:
\(I=\frac{P \prime}{4 \pi d^{2}}\)
\(=\frac{5}{4 \pi(1)^{2}}=0.398 \frac{W}{m^{2}}\)
(b) Distance of a point from the bulb, d1 = 10 m
Hence, intensity of radiation at that point is given as:
\(I=\frac{P \prime}{4 \pi d_{1}^{2}}\)
\(=\frac{5}{4 \pi(10)^{2}}=0.00398 \frac{W}{m^{2}}\)
3.
(i) The given equation signifies that the electromagnetic wave is moving along Y-axis and also in negative direction, so it moves in - \(\hat{j}\) direction.
(ii) The electric part of electromagnetic wave in vacuum.
E = [3.1 cos{1.8 y + (5.4 \(\times\)106 t)}] \(\hat{i}\)
Comparing with standard equation,
E = E0 cos (ky + \(\omega\)t), we get
Angular frequency, \(\omega\) = 5.4 \(\times\)106 rad/s
Wave number, k = 1.8 rad/m
The amplitude of the electric field part of the wave,
E0 = 3.1 N/C
\(\begin{array}{rlrl} \lambda & =\frac{2 \pi}{k}=\frac{2 \pi}{1.8}=3.491 \mathrm{~m} \end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{rlrl} \Rightarrow & \lambda =3.5 \mathrm{~m} \end{array}\)
(iii) Angular frequency, \(\omega\) = 2\(\pi\)v
\(v=\frac{\omega}{2 \pi}=\frac{5.4 \times 10^6 \times 7}{2 \times 22}\)
= 0.86 \(\times\)106 Hz
(iv) As, \(c=\frac{E_0}{B_0}\)
Amplitude of magnetic field,
\(\begin{aligned} B_0 & =\frac{E_0}{c}=\frac{3.1}{3 \times 10^8} \end{aligned}\)
\(\begin{aligned} =1.03 \times 10^{-8} \mathrm{~T} \end{aligned}\)
(v) Expression for the magnetic field part of wave,
B = B0 cos (ky + \(\omega\)t) \(\hat{k}\)
B = 1.03 \(\times\)10-8 cos (1.8 y + 5.4 \(\times\)106 t) \(\hat{k}\)
4.
| S.No | Type of Wave | Application |
| (i) | Gamma rays | Treatment of tumors |
| (ii) | Radio waves | Radio and television Communication system |
| (iii) | X-rays | Study of crystals |
5.
Given, v = 2 x 108 m / s and \(\mu _{ r }\)
The speed of electromagnetic waves in medium is given by
v = \(\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { \mu \varepsilon } } \)
Where, \(\mu \) and \(\varepsilon \) are absolute permeability and absolute permittivity of the medium.
Now, \(\mu \) = \(\mu _{ 0 }\mu _{ r }\)
and \(\varepsilon =\varepsilon _{ 0 }\varepsilon _{ r }\)
Eq. (i) becomes, v = \(\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { \mu _{ 0 }\mu _{ r }\varepsilon _{ 0 }\varepsilon _{ r } } } \)
= \(\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { \mu _{ 0 }\varepsilon _{ 0 } } } \) x \(\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { \mu _{ r }\varepsilon _{ r } } } \)
v = \(\frac { c }{ \sqrt { \mu _{ r }\varepsilon _{ r } } } \) \(\left[ c=\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { \mu _{ 0 }\varepsilon _{ 0 } } } \right] \)
On squaring both sides, we get
\(\varepsilon _{ r }=\frac { c^{ 2 } }{ v^{ 2 }\mu _{ r } } \)
= \(\frac { (3\times10^{ 8 })^{ 2 } }{ (2\times10^{ 8 })^{ 2 }\times1 } \) = 2.25
6.
(a) Equation second shows that the e.m.wave travels along the positive x-axis
(b) Wavelength of wave, \(\lambda =\frac { c }{ v } =\frac { c }{ (\omega /2\pi ) } =\frac { 2\pi c }{ \omega } =\frac { 2\pi \times (3\times { 10 }^{ 8 }) }{ 2\pi \times { 10 }^{ 8 } } =3.0m\)
(c) since the magnetic field is perpendicular to an electric field as well as the direction of propagation of e.m.wave, hence magnetic field must be varying along a z-axis. Therefore
\(\overset { \rightarrow }{ { B }_{ x } } =0; \ \overset { \rightarrow }{ { B }_{ y } } =0; \ and \ \overset { \rightarrow }{ { B }_{ z } } =\frac { 0.5 }{ 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } } cos\left[ 2\pi \times { 10 }^{ 8 }(t-x/c) \right] \ \therefore [E/B=c]\)
7.
Faraday from his experimental study on electromagnetic induction concluded that a magnetic field changing with time in a region produces an electric field there. Maxwell thought that there is a great symmetry in nature. He from his theoretical study concluded that an electric field changing with time in a region produces a magnetic field there. It means the change in either field (electric or magnetic) with time produces the other field. This idea led maxwell to conclude that the variation in electric and magnetic field vector perpendicular to each other leads to the production of e.m.waves, which can travel in space.
8.
Light and e.m.waves are of transverse nature and they travel with the same velocity in vacuum. This led maxwell to conclude that light itself is e.m. wave
9.
If \(\theta \) is the angle which the direction of propagation of c.m. wave with y-axis, then
\(cos \ \theta =\frac { \overset { \rightarrow }{ r } .\hat { j } }{ r } =\frac { (\hat { i } +\hat { j } +\hat { k } ) }{ \sqrt { { 1 }^{ 2 }+{ 1 }^{ 2 }+{ 1 }^{ 2 } } } =\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 3 } } \ or \ \theta ={ cos }^{ -1 }\left( \frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 3 } } \right) \)
10.
Average energy density of electricfield
\( { U }_{ E }=\frac { 1 }{ 2 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ rms }^{ 2 }=\frac { 1 }{ 2 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ \left( \frac { { \epsilon }_{ 0 } }{ \sqrt { 2 } } \right) }^{ 2 }=\frac { 1 }{ 4 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 }\)
Average energy density of magneticfield
\( \frac { { B }_{ rms }^{ 2 } }{ 2{ \mu }_{ 0 } } =\frac { { ({ B }_{ 0 }/\sqrt { 2 } ) }^{ 2 } }{ 2{ \mu }_{ 0 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \frac { { B }_{ 0 }^{ 2 } }{ { \mu }_{ 0 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } { \epsilon }_{ 0 }{ E }_{ 0 }^{ 2 }\)
11.
Given, amplitude of the magnetic field part of harmonic electromagnetic wave,
B0 = 510 nT = 510 \(\times\)10-9 T
Speed of light in a vacuum, c = 3 × 108 m/s
Amplitude of electric field of the electromagnetic wave is given by the relation,
E = cB0
= 3 × 108 × 510 × 10−9 = 153 N/C
Therefore, the electric field part of the wave is 153 N/C.
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