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Miss Millie Millie Applications Electric Field obtained from voltage Find E = !!" ! = !"! !.!"!! = 1000 ! ! Charged Conducting Sphere Determine at a distance r from the centre of a charged conducting sphere of radius ! ; > ! ! ! = ! ! !! !! = 4 ! ! ! = 4 ! ! 1 ! 1 ! ! !! !! = , ! = 0 ! = = ! !!!! ! ! = ! = ! !!!! ! !! ! = ! !!!! ! !! Work required to bring two positive charges close together = ( ! ! ) = ! !" !! !" !! ! Potential above two charges Calculate the electric potential at point A We add the potentials at point A due to each charge ! and ! ! = !! + !! = ! ! + ! ! Potential due to a ring of charge Determine V at a point P on the axis of a ring a distance x from its centre = 1 4 ! ! = 1 4 ! 1 ( ! + ! ) !/! ! = 1 4 ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! Potential due to a charged disc A thin flat disk of radius ! has a uniformly distributed . Determine at point on the axis of the disk, a distance from its centre. = 2 ! ! = (2)() ! ! = 2 ! ! = ( ! + ! ) ! ! = 1 4 ! ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! = 2 4 ! ! ! ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! = !! ! | 2 ! ! ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! | !!! !!!! = 2 ! ! ! !( ! + ! ! ) ! ! ! Note: For ! this formula reduces to; 2 ! ! ! ! !1 + 1 2 ! ! ! ! ! = 4 ! Electric Potential Electric Potential Energy ~The change in electric potential energy equals the negative of the work done by the electrostatic force~ = = ! ! = = Electric Potential vs. Potential Energy Electric Potential: potential energy per unit charge ! = ! At some point a with charge q Potential Difference: !" = = ! ! = ! ! = !" Change in potential energy: = ! ! = ( ! ! ) = !" Electric Potential and Electric Field !" = ! ! = ! ! ! ! (General Relationship) !" = (Only if E is uniform) E determined from V ! (, , ) = ! ! + ! ! + ! ! = (, , ) (, , ) ! = ! = ! = Electric Potential due to Point Charges The electric potential at a distance from a single point charge can be derived directly from ! ! = ! = ! !!!! ! ! ! = ! ! ! (Electric Field due to a single point charge) ! ! = ! ! !! !! = 4 ! ! 1 ! = 1 4 ! ! ! ! ! !! !! = 1 4 ! (Single point charge: = 0 @ = ) Electric Potential due to Any Charge Distribution If we have n individual point charges, the potential at some point (relative to = 0 @ = ) is ! = ! ! ! !!! = 1 4 ! ! ! !" ! !!! Where !" is the distance from the charge ( ! ) to the point a. = 1 4 ! ! Where is the distance from to the point where is being determined !" = 50 = 5.0 = ? ! ! ! ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! ( ! + ! ) ! ! !

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Page 1: Electric Potential - WordPress.com · 2017. 3. 28. · Electric Potential due to Point Charges! The electric potential at a distance ! from a single point charge ! can be derived

Miss Millie Millie

Applications ElectricFieldobtainedfromvoltage FindE 𝐸 = !!"

!= !"!

!.!"!!= 1000 !

!

ChargedConductingSphereDetermine𝑉 atadistancerfromthecentreofa chargedconductingsphereofradius𝑟!; 𝑟 > 𝑟!

𝑉! − 𝑉! = ! 𝐸!⃗!!

!!

∙ 𝑑𝑙 = −𝑄4𝜋𝜀!

!𝑑𝑟𝑟!=

𝑄4𝜋𝜀!

!1𝑟!−1𝑟!!

!!

!!

𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑙 = 𝑑𝑟 ,𝑉! = 0 𝑎𝑡 𝑟! = ∞ 𝑉 = !

!!!!

!

!

𝑟 = 𝑟! 𝑉 = !

!!!!

!

!!

𝑟 ≤ 𝑟! 𝑉 = !

!!!!

!

!!

Workrequiredtobringtwopositivechargesclosetogether𝑊 = 𝑞(𝑉! − 𝑉!) = 𝑞 !!"

!!− !"

!!!

PotentialabovetwochargesCalculatetheelectricpotentialatpointAWeaddthepotentialsatpointAduetoeachcharge𝑄! and𝑄!

𝑉! = 𝑉!! + 𝑉!! = 𝑘𝑄!𝑟!+ 𝑘

𝑄!𝑟!

PotentialduetoaringofchargeDetermineVatapointPontheaxisofaringadistancexfromitscentre

𝑉 =1

4𝜋𝜀!!𝑑𝑞𝑟=

14𝜋𝜀!

1(𝑥! + 𝑅!)!/!

! 𝑑𝑞 =1

4𝜋𝜀!𝑄

(𝑥! + 𝑅!)!!

PotentialduetoachargeddiscAthinflatdiskofradius𝑅! hasauniformlydistributed𝑄.Determine𝑉atpoint𝑃ontheaxisofthedisk,adistance𝑥fromitscentre.

𝑑𝑞𝑄=2𝜋𝑅 𝑑𝑅𝜋𝑅!!

→ ∴ 𝑑𝑞 = 𝑄(2𝜋𝑅)(𝑑𝑅)

𝜋𝑅!!=2𝑄𝑅 𝑑𝑅𝑅!!

𝑟 = (𝑥! + 𝑅!)!!

𝑉 =1

4𝜋𝜀!!

𝑑𝑞

(𝑥! + 𝑅!)!!=

2𝑄4𝜋𝜀!𝑅!!

!𝑅 𝑑𝑅

(𝑥! + 𝑅!)!!=

!!

!|

𝑄2𝜋𝜀!𝑅!!

(𝑥! + 𝑅!)!!|!!!!!!!

=𝑄

2𝜋𝜀!𝑅!!!(𝑥! + 𝑅!!)

!! − 𝑥!

Note:For𝑥 ≫ 𝑅! thisformulareducesto;

𝑉 ≈𝑄

2𝜋𝜀!𝑅!!!𝑥 !1 +

12

𝑅!!

𝑥! ! –𝑥! =

𝑄4𝜋𝜀!𝑥

Electric Potential �Electric Potential Energy�

~Thechangeinelectricpotentialenergyequalsthenegativeoftheworkdonebytheelectrostaticforce~

𝑊 = 𝐹𝑑 = 𝑞𝐸𝐷𝑈! − 𝑈! = −𝑊 = −𝑞𝐸𝐷

�Electric Potential vs. Potential Energy� ElectricPotential:potentialenergyperunitcharge

𝑉! =𝑈!𝑞

AtsomepointawithchargeqPotentialDifference:

𝑉!" = ∆𝑉 = 𝑉! − 𝑉! =𝑈! − 𝑈!

𝑞= −

𝑊!"

𝑞

Changeinpotentialenergy:

∆𝑈 = 𝑈! − 𝑈! = 𝑞(𝑉! − 𝑉!) = 𝑞𝑉!"

�Electric Potential and Electric Field�

𝑉!" = 𝑉! − 𝑉! = −! 𝐸!⃗!

! ⋅ 𝑑𝑙

(GeneralRelationship)

𝑉!" = −𝐸𝑑(OnlyifEisuniform)

EdeterminedfromV

𝐸!⃗ (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝐸!⃗! + 𝐸!⃗! + 𝐸!⃗ ! = −∇𝑉(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

𝑉(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

⎩⎪⎪⎨

⎪⎪⎧𝐸! =

𝜕𝑉𝜕𝑥

𝐸! =𝜕𝑉𝜕𝑦

𝐸! =𝜕𝑉𝜕𝑧

�Electric Potential due to Point Charges� Theelectricpotentialatadistance𝑟fromasinglepointcharge𝑄canbederiveddirectlyfrom𝑉! − 𝑉! = − ∫𝐸!⃗ ∙ 𝑑𝑙𝐸 = !

!!!!

!!!= 𝑘 !

!! (ElectricFieldduetoasinglepointcharge)

𝑉! − 𝑉! = −! 𝐸!⃗!!

!!∙ 𝑑𝑙 = −

𝑄4𝜋𝜀!

!1𝑟!

𝑑𝑟 =1

4𝜋𝜀!!𝑄𝑟!−𝑄𝑟!!

!!

!!

𝑉 =1

4𝜋𝜀!𝑄𝑟

(Singlepointcharge:𝑉 = 0 @ 𝑟 = ∞)

�Electric Potential due to Any Charge Distribution

Ifwehavenindividualpointcharges,thepotentialatsomepoint(relativeto 𝑉 = 0 @ 𝑟 = ∞)is

𝑉! = !𝑉!

!

!!!

=1

4𝜋𝜀!!

𝑄!𝑟!"

!

!!!

Where𝑟!"isthedistancefromthe𝑖𝑡ℎcharge(𝑄! )tothepointa.

𝑉 =1

4𝜋𝜀!!𝑑𝑞𝑟

Where𝑟isthedistancefrom𝑑𝑞tothepointwhere𝑉isbeingdetermined

← 𝑉!" →= 50𝑉

← 𝑑 →= 5.0𝑐𝑚

𝐸 = ?

𝑄! 𝑄!

𝐴

𝑟!𝑟!

𝑅

(𝑥 !+ 𝑅 !) !!𝑃

𝑥

𝑑𝑞

𝑅

(𝑥 !+ 𝑅 !) !!𝑃

𝑥

𝑑𝑅

𝑅!