1. Welcome to Physics 212 http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys21201

2. Physics 212 Lecture 1 Today's Concepts: a) Coulomb’s Law
b) Superposition 03

3. Physics 212 - Intro Everything can be found online Labs & Discussions
Everything can be found online
You have web based Prelectures and Checkpoints due before every lecture.
You have web based homework due every week.
Be sure to complete Prelecture 2 and Checkpoint 2 before 8 am on Tuesday.
Bring pen & notebook to lecture – you will be working on problems
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Labs & Discussions
Discussion Sections meet this week
Labs start Thursday June 14. You must have the prelab done before! 05

4. Prelectures + Checkpoints + Lectures
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Prelectures: 50
Checkpoints: 25
Lecture participation: 25
Prelectures + Checkpoints + Lectures
100
14 Homework + 10 Quizzes
250
Labs
150
Hour exams (3 x 100 each)
300
Final Exam
200
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At the end of the semester your lecture bonus points are added to your HW/Quiz score (250 max).
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80%
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10. Opposite signs attract
Coulomb’s Law:
The force on a charge due to another charge is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the separation squared. q2 q1 r
The force is always parallel to a line connecting the charges, but the direction depends on the signs of the charges: q1 q2
Opposite signs attract q2 q1
Like signs repel q2 q1 11

11. Balloons BB
Take two balloons and rub them both with a piece of cloth. After
you rub them they will:
Attract each-other
Repel each-other
Either – it depends on the material of the cloth 13

12. Balloons
If the same thing is done to both balloons they will acquire the same sign charge.
They will repel ! + + + + + + + + 14

13. Coulomb’s Law Our notation is the force by 1 on 2 (think “by-on ”)
is the unit vector that points from 1 to 2.
Examples
If the charges have the same sign, the force by charge 1 on charge 2 would be in the direction of r12 (to the right) q1 q2
If the charges have opposite sign, the force by charge 1 on charge 2 would be opposite the direction of r12 (left) q1 q2 17

14. Example: Coulomb Force
Two paperclips are separated by 10 meters. Then you remove 1 electron from each atom on the first paperclip and place it on the second one. BB
k= 9 x 109 N m2 / C2
electron charge = 1.6 x Coulombs
NA = 6.02 x 1023
What will the direction of the force be?
A) Attractive B) Repulsive
F = 9e9 x (1.6e-19 * 3e22)^2 / 100 = 2 e 15 Newtons
Equivalent to weight of 2e14 kg object near surface of the earth
paperclip 1e-3 kg
textbook 1 kg
person kg
car kg
Aircraft carrier tons = 1e5 x 1e3 = 1e 8 kg
Mt Everest m height,. Estimate volume as 1/3 h^3 = 1/3 * (9e3)^3 = 243 e 9 m^3. (if density = 1000 kg/m^3) = 2.43e14 kg. 17

15. Example: Coulomb Force
Two paperclips are separated by 10 meters. Then you remove 1 electron from each atom on the first paperclip and place it on the second one. BB
k= 9 x 109 N m2 / C2
electron charge = 1.6 x Coulombs
NA = 6.02 x 1023
Which weight is closest to the approximate force between those paperclips (recall that weight = mg, g = 9.8 m/s2)?
Paperclip (1g x g)
Text book (1kg x g)
Truck (104 kg x g)
Aircraft carrier (108 kg x g)
Mt. Everest (1014 kg x g)
F = 9e9 x (1.6e-19 * 3e22)^2 / 100 = 2 e 15 Newtons
Equivalent to weight of 2e14 kg object near surface of the earth
paperclip 1e-3 kg
textbook 1 kg
person kg
car kg
Aircraft carrier tons = 1e5 x 1e3 = 1e 8 kg
Mt Everest m height,. Estimate volume as 1/3 h^3 = 1/3 * (9e3)^3 = 243 e 9 m^3. (if density = 1000 kg/m^3) = 2.43e14 kg. 22

16. Checkpoint 1 24

17. Superposition:
If there are more than two charges present, the total force on any given charge is just the vector sum of the forces due to each of the other charges: q2
F2,1
F3,1
F4,1 F1
F4,1
F2,1 q1 F1
F3,1 q4 q3 28

18. Superposition ACT What happens to Force on q1 if its sign is changedBB
Superposition ACT
What happens to Force on q1 if its sign is changed
|F1| increases
|F1| remains the same
|F1| decreases
Need more information to determine q1 q2 q3 q4 30

19. The direction of all forces changes by 180o – the magnitudes stay the same:q2 q2
F4,1
F4,1
F2,1
F2,1 q1 q1 F1 F1
F3,1
F3,1 q4 q4 q3 q3 F1 F1
F2,1
F2,1
F3,1
F3,1
F4,1
F4,1 33

20. BB
Checkpoint +Q -Q q
Case 1
Case 2
Compare the magnitude of the net force on q in the two cases.
|F1 | > |F2|
|F1 | = |F2|
|F1 |< |F2|
Depends on sign of q F1
F2 = 0 33

21. Checkpoint What is the direction of horizontal force on Q?
Four charged particles are placed on a circular ring with radius 3 m as shown below. A particle with charge Q is placed in the center of the ring y
What is the direction of horizontal force on Q?
A) Fx > B) Fx = C) Fx < 0 3q x Q q q q 41

22. Checkpoint What is vertical force on Q?BB 3q
Four charged particles are placed on a circular ring with radius 3 m as shown below. A particle with charge Q is placed in the center of the ring. Assume that all charges in the problem
have the same sign. y Q x q q q
What is vertical force on Q?
A) Fy > B) Fy = C) Fy < 0
Next do calculation 47

23. Discussion Sections meet this week.
Be sure to complete Prelecture 2 and Checkpoint2.
Labs begin June 14

24. Try using our Coulomb Force simulation
(“simulations” link on the homepage)