Page 1 of 2 pages PHYSICS 2A03/2B06 Dr. ©. V. Stager DAY CLASS DURATION OF THE EXAMINATION: 2 HOURS McMASTER UNIVERSITY FINAL/MID-YEAR EXAMINATION DECEMBER 3 2003 THIS EXAMINATION PAPER INCLUDES 2 PAGES AND 6 QUESTIONS. YOU ARE. RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOUR COPY OF THE PAPER IS COMPLETE. BRING ANY DISCREPANCY TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR INVIGILATOR. INSTRUCTIONS: Only the Faculty of Science standard calculator is permitted. ‘The marks for each question are given in parentheses. In order to obtain full marks you must explain your reasoning and show your work. The symbol 2 denotes a unit vector in the +ve x direction. (17 marks) . Consider a parallel plate capacitor of area A with a plate separation d, There are charges Q and -Q on the plates and the plates are in a vacuum. @ What is the electric field everywhere? 'b) Calculate the potential difference between the plates from your answer to part (a). (c) What is the capacitance of the capacitor? (a) What is the force ( magnitude and direction) on the positively charged plate due to the presence of the negatively charged plate? (e) Starting from the expression for the work done to move a charge through a potential difference, 5Wes = (Vs — Va)ég, derive an expression for the electrostatic energy of the charged capacitor. Notas Arve Shia! Bod Conta areata given in the question. (16 marks) Consider & conducting sphere of radius a, surrounded by a concentric conducting spher- ical shell of radii bc where a <<. The conducting sphere has a charge 3@ and the conducting shell hes a charge 49. (a) What is the area charge density (coulomb/m?) at i) r =a ii) r= and iii) r =e, (b) What is the electric field everywhere? (15 marks) An infinite hollow cylindrical conductor with radii a,b and a 8? (c) What is the magnetic field for a | bh, 2>0. (b) Calculate the force on each segment of the rectangular loop and give the total force on the loop. Be sure to specify both > fe magnitudes and directions of the forces. (17 marks) 5. A chunk of material has an orientation and dimensions es shown. The chunk has a thick- ness d in the x direction. The material has a resistivity . To calculate the approximate 4 ¥ resistance in the z direction: (a) Calculate the height of a thin section of the chunk between 2 and 2+de (b) Calculate the resistance of this thin see- tion in the z direction. (©) Calculate the resistance of the chunk in the z direction. In part c most of the marks will be given for setting up the integral correctly. Only evaluate the integral if you have finished the rest of the examination. (18 marks) 6. The region y > 0 has a uniform magnetic field 4 B= Bi. A rectangular conducting loop, size (a x 4) is oriented as shown. The loop has a resistance Rand a mass m. The loop is falling at a terminal velocity in the -ve y direction. (a) What is the magnetic flux through the ? loop? (>) What is the current induced in the loop? Specify the direction carefully. (€) Calculate the force on the loop due to the magnetic field. (@) Calculate the terminal velocity?