Question: Q. 9. A particle of mass $10^{-3} \mathrm{~kg}$ and charge $5 \mu \mathrm{C}$ enters into a uniform electric field of $2 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{NC}^{-1}$, moving with a velocity of $20 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$ in a direction opposite to that of the field. Calculate the distance it would travel before coming to rest.
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Solution:
Ans. Here, $m=10^{-3} \mathrm{~kg}, q=5 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{C}, E=2 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{~N} / \mathrm{C}$, $u=20 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}, v=0$
As the particle enters opposite to the field, so it will retard.
Acceleration
$$ \begin{aligned} a & =-\frac{q \mathrm{E}}{m} \ & =-\frac{5 \times 10^{-6} \times 2 \times 10^{5}}{10^{-3}} \end{aligned} $$
$$ =-10^{3} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2} $$
Using,
$$ v^{2}=u^{2}-2 a s $$
$0=(20)^{2}-2 \times 1000 \times s$
$\Rightarrow \quad s=\frac{400}{2000}=\frac{1}{5}=0.2 \mathrm{~m}$
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Unstable equilibrium $\theta=180^{\circ}$
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(AI) Q. 2. (i) Obtain the expression for the torque $\vec{\tau}$ experienced by an electric dipole of dipole moment $\vec{p}$ in a uniform electric field, $\vec{E}$.
(ii) What will happen if the field were not uniform?
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Ans. (i) Obtaining expression for torque $\vec{\tau}$ experienced by electric dipole in uniform electric field 2
(ii) Effect of non-uniform electric field
(i) Force on $+q, \vec{F}=q \vec{E}$
Force on $-q, \vec{F}=-q \vec{E}$
Magnitude of torque $\quad \vec{\tau}=q E \times 2 a \sin \theta$
$$ =2 q a E \sin \theta $$
$$ \vec{\tau}=\vec{p} \times \vec{E} $$
(ii) If the electric field is non-uniform, the dipole experiences a translatory force as well as a torque.
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Detailed Answer :
(i)
Consider electric dipole kept in an uniform electric field at an angle $\theta$ where a dipole experience a torque, so, torque generated by parallel forces $q E$ will act as couple as
$$ \begin{aligned} |\vec{\tau}| & =q E 2 l \sin \theta \ & =p E \sin \theta \quad[\text { as } p=2 q l] 1 / 2 \ |\vec{\tau}| & =|\vec{p} \times \vec{E}| \end{aligned} $$
(ii) When the field is non-uniform, force acting on both ends will not be equal, hence they result in mixture of couple and net force. With this, dipole experiences rotational as well as linear force. $\mathbf{1}$