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Chapter 24: Electric Potential

Chapter 24: Electric Potential. Electric Potential energy Work done by a force acting on an object moving along a path:. b. d l. a. F. If the force is a conservative force, the work done can be expressed as a change in potential energy:.

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Chapter 24: Electric Potential

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  1. Chapter 24: Electric Potential • Electric Potential energy • Work done by a force acting on an object moving along a path: b dl a F • If the force is a conservative force, the work done can be expressed as a change in potential energy: • Work-Energy Theorem: the change in kinetic energy equals the total work done on the particle. • If only conservative forces are present:

  2.                      a q dy b A charge in a uniform electric field

  3. The work done on a charge q’ in the presence of another charge q

  4. Potential • Potential is potential energy per unit charge • Potential is often referred to as “voltage” • In terms of “work per charge” • In terms of source charges

  5. Potential and potential differences from the Electric Field

  6. Electric Potential (continued): Examples • What is the speed of an electron accelerated from rest across a potential difference of 100V? What is the speed of a proton accelerated under the same conditions? Vab • An electric dipole oriented vertically at the origin consists of two point charges, • +/- 12.0 nC placed 10 cm apart. What is the potential at a point located 12cm from the dipole in the horizontal direction? What is the potential energy associated with a +4.0 nC charge placed at this point?

  7. Spherical Charged Conductor • Outside: looks like a point charge • Inside: field is zero (dV =-E ·dl = 0) E V Vmax=Emax R => Larger E with smaller R Dielectric Strength = maximum electric field strength an insulator can withstand before Dielectric Breakdown (Insulator becomes a conductor). => High voltage terminals have large radii of curvature

  8.                      • Potential between parallel plates • Uniform field: U = qEy • => V = Ey = (VyVb) • Vab = VaVb = Ed • or • E = Vab /d • (True for uniform fields only, although this can provide an estimate of field strength) a d q y b

  9. Line charge and (long) conducting cylinder ra rb

  10. Equipotential surfaces • A surface in space on which the potential is the same for every point. • Surfaces of constant voltage.

  11. Potential Gradient

  12. Millikan oil-drop experiment • Experimental investigation into the quantization of charge small drops of oil, with small amounts of excess charge. naive: balance -> q = mg/E need mass! (or drop radius + density) Balance gravity, electric force and air resistance on drop in motion: F = qE F = mg v F = qE Ff’ v’ Ff F = mg F = mg

  13. Millikan’s (and later) results • thousands of measurements => all (positive or negative) integer multiples of e! • => charge is quantized!! • Modern Quantum Chromodynamics: • quarks have fractional (+/- 1/3e +/- 2/3e) charges, but never appear alone (“confinement”) net charge of all observed objects are integer multiples of e.

  14. V1 Cathode Ray tube V2  d L

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