A nonconducting sphere has radius R = 2.36 cm and uniformly distributed charge q = +2.50 fC. Take the electric potential at the sphere's center to be V0 = 0. What is V at radial distance r = 1.45 cm?

Respuesta :

Explanation:

It is known that inside a sphere with uniform volume charge density the field will be radial and has a magnitude E that can be expressed as follows.

           E = [tex]\frac{q}{4 \p \epsilon_{o}R^{3}}r[/tex]

    V = [tex]-\int_{0}^{r}E. dr[/tex]

        = [tex]-\int_{0}^{r}\frac{q}{4 \p \epsilon_{o}R^{3}}r dr[/tex]

        = [tex](\frac{q}{4 \p \epsilon_{o}R^{3}})(\frac{r^{2}}{2})[/tex]

        = [tex]\frac{-qr^{2}}{8 \pi \epsilon_{o}R^{3}}[/tex]

At r = 1.45 cm = [tex]1.45 \times 10^{-2}[/tex]  (as 1 m = 100 cm)

     V = [tex]\frac{2.50 \times 10^{-15} \times 1.45 \times 10^{-2}}{8 \times 3.1416 \times 8.85 \times 10^{-12} \times 2.36 \times 10^{-2}}[/tex]

         = [tex]6.905 \times 10^{-6}[/tex] mV

Thus, we can conclude that value of V at radial distance r = 1.45 cm is  [tex]6.905 \times 10^{-6}[/tex] mV.