Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32174-090-8

Chapter 30 - Current and Resistance - Exercises and Problems - Page 890: 73

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$$\color{blue}{\bf [a]}$$ Let's imagine a Gaussian cylinder inside the given wire of two segments. The center of the cylinder is at the boundary between the two segments. The cross-sectional area of this Gaussian cylinder is $A_g =\pi r^2$ where $r\leq R$ where $R$ is the radius of the original two-segment wire. We know that the current is conserved, so $$I_1=I_2=I$$ and since both segments have the same radius, $$J_1=J_2=J $$ where $J=\sigma E$, hence, $$J=\sigma_1 E_1=\sigma_2 E_2=\dfrac{I}{A}$$ Thus, $$E_1=\dfrac{I}{A\sigma_1}\;\;\;\;\;\;{\rm and} \;\;\;\;\;\; E_2=\dfrac{I}{A\sigma_2}\tag 1$$ Recalling that the flux is given by $$\Phi=\oint EdA $$ And for enclosed surfaces $\Phi=Q_{\rm enclosed}/\epsilon_0$ $$\Phi=E_2A_g -E_1A_g =\dfrac{Q_{\rm enclosed}}{\epsilon_0}$$ $$A( E_2 -E_1) =\dfrac{Q_{\rm enclosed}}{\epsilon_0}$$ Plug from (1), $$A_g\left( \dfrac{I}{A\sigma_2}-\dfrac{I}{A\sigma_1}\right) =\dfrac{Q_{\rm enclosed}}{\epsilon_0}$$ where $Q_{\rm enclosed}=\eta A_g$ on the boundary between two segments of the Gaussian cylinder. $$ \color{red}{\bf\not} A_g\left( \dfrac{I}{A\sigma_2}-\dfrac{I}{A\sigma_1}\right) =\dfrac{\eta \color{red}{\bf\not} A_g}{\epsilon_0}$$ Hence, $$\boxed{\eta=\dfrac{\epsilon_0I}{A}\left( \dfrac{1}{ \sigma_2}-\dfrac{1}{ \sigma_1}\right) }$$ $$\color{blue}{\bf [b]}$$ From the previous boxed formula, $$\eta=\dfrac{Q}{A}=\dfrac{\epsilon_0I}{A}\left( \dfrac{1}{ \sigma_2}-\dfrac{1}{ \sigma_1}\right)$$ Hence, $$Q= \epsilon_0I \left( \dfrac{1}{ \sigma_{\rm iron}}-\dfrac{1}{ \sigma_{\rm copper}}\right)$$ Plug the known; $$Q= (8.85\times 10^{-12})(5)\left( \dfrac{1}{ 1\times 10^7 }-\dfrac{1}{ 6\times 10^7}\right)$$ $$Q=\color{red}{\bf 3.69\times 10^{-18}}\;\rm C$$
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