University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Gauss's Law - Problems - Exercises - Page 747: 22.29

Answer

(a) $\lambda =2 \pi \sigma R$ (b) $E = \dfrac{\sigma R}{\epsilon_{0} r}$ (c) $E = \dfrac{\lambda}{2 \pi \epsilon_{0} r} $

Work Step by Step

(a) For the cylinder shape, the charge from the linear charge density is the same for the charge calculated from the surface charge density \begin{gather*} q = q\\ \lambda l=\sigma A\\ \lambda l=\sigma 2 \pi R l\\ \boxed{\lambda =2 \pi \sigma R}\\ \end{gather*} (b) We could get the electric field from the expression of Gauss's law for the electric flux by \begin{gather*} \Phi_{E}=\frac{q}{\epsilon_{0}}\\ 2 \pi r l E=\frac{\sigma(2 \pi R l)}{\epsilon_{0}}\\ \boxed{E = \frac{\sigma R}{\epsilon_{0} r}} \tag{1} \end{gather*} (c) Plug the expression of $\sigma$ into equation (1) to get the electric field in terms of $\lambda$ $$ E=\frac{\sigma R}{\epsilon_{0} r}=\frac{R}{\epsilon_{0} r}\left(\frac{\lambda}{2 \pi R}\right)=\boxed{\frac{\lambda}{2 \pi \epsilon_{0} r} }$$
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