Strength Definition and 1000 Threads

Another noobish question: Let's say there is an electromagnetic wave of constant wavelength and constant peak amplitude that travels a known distance. Let's say that we also know the total energy of this EM wave. Is there some formula that can tell us what the peak value of the electric field is...

So, I'm playing around with electromagnets right now and I was wondering how to calculate (or determine experimentally) the approximate strength of the electromagnet. What I'm doing right now is using the formula for a solenoid, B=\mu_o N i and adding the constant for whatever material is in the...

I have two cathode ray tubes which generate the same amount of beam, i.e., one tube fires off x electrons per second to the screen at velocity m; the other fires off x electrons per second at velocity n. Say m=2n. 1. Is magnetic field FROM BEAMS ALONE the same?? 2. One twice the...

Homework Statement Charge A has 10 electric field lines coming out, Charge B has 20 lines coming out, and Charge C has 30 lines coming in. Which pair of these charges will have the largest force between them if placed one cm apart? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Is...

Does anyone here play piano? I recently learned Fur Elise but the more I play it the more my pinky muscle gets sore and usually I just have to quit in the middle of the song from these weird pinky muscle spasms. Does anyone know how I can make my pinky muscle stronger? Will it eventually be...

[SOLVED] [101] Magnetic field strength in fN Homework Statement You have arranged that the magnetic field in a particular region of space is due North with a value of 0.01 T. An electron enters the field traveling to the West with a speed of 0.05 of the speed of light. As a result, the...

guys, here's my question: A long solenoid has circular cross section of radius R. The solenoid current is increasing, and as a result so is the magnetic field in the solenoid. The field strength is given by B = bt, where b is a constant...

Homework Statement A heavy conductor (mass m, length [FONT="Courier New"]l, resistance R) is suspended by two springs each with spring constant k, and connected to a battery with electric potential V as shown in the figure. A magnetic field B is now imposed. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8...

simple question: is the magnetic field of uniform strength at all points inside a solenoid?

Homework Statement Okay so, we weren't given much of a question other than "Prove the Earth's GFS is 9.81 N/KG" So what I'm asking is, with the data that I have collected, is how I go about doing this? As it stand we set up an experiment with the ticker tape machine, rolled the little buggy...

Homework Statement Three point charges are located at the corner of an equilateral triangle. The Coulomb constant is 8.98755 X 109 N*m2 / C2 What is the strength of the electrostatic force on the top charge? Answer in units of N. Length of each side is .19m Photo...

A chain always breaks ath the weakest link. Right? Hypothetical: Where would a chain break if all the links were of equal strength, shape, shape, size... equal in every way. Ignore all tolerance rules, this is hypothetical! Thanks!

Homework Statement The microwaves in a microwave oven are produced in a special tube called a magnetron. The electrons orbit the magnetic field at 2.4 GHz, and as they do so they emit 2.4 GHz electromagnetic waves. a) what is the magnetic field strength? b) if the maximum diameter of...

Homework Statement What is the approximate electric field strength of the electromagnetic waves radiated by a 100-W light bulb, measured 3.0m from the bulb? Homework Equations $$\vec{E}=\frac{kq}{d^{2}}$$ $$P=\frac{2kq^{2}a^{2}}{3c^{3}}$$ The Attempt at a Solution I solved for...

How do I know that the resultant filed strength acts toward Y? Thank you

Homework Statement q=4.0x10^-6C, 8.0x10^-6C d=2m Homework Equations Two charges of +4.0x10^-6 C and +8.0x10^-6C are placed 2.0m apart. What is the field strength halfway between them? The Attempt at a Solution netEa= (9.0x10^9)(4.0x10^-6C) + (9.0x10^9)(8.0x10^-6C)...

The electric field strength is 1.70×104 inside a parallel-plate capacitor with a 1.40 spacing. An electron is released from rest at the negative plate. What is the electron's speed when it reaches the positive plate? Help please...

Knowing the portion of the link BD has a uniform cross-sectional area of 800mm^2, determine the magnitude of the load P for which the normal stress in that portion of BD is 50 Mpa. (Hint draw a free body diagram of the link ABC) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9845/problmezf4.png sorry for...

1. A 0.180g plastic bead is charged by the addition of 0.700 x 10^10 excess electrons. What electric field strength will cause the bead to hang suspended in the air? 2. Is amount of excess electrons the exact same as the charge of the bead?? 3. I am sure you use F=qE. But I am...

Heres my given problem: Gauge Length = 2 in. Area = 0.5 in^2 The specimen yields under a load of 32,000 lb The corresponding gauge length is 2.0083 (the 0.2 yield point) Max load = 60,000 lb @ gage length = 2.60 in I need to determine the yield strength, modulus of elasticity, and...

Homework Statement An electron moving to the right at 3% the speed of light enters a uniform electric field parallel to its direction of motion. The electron is to be brought to rest in the space of 6.0cm. What is the strength of the field?______N/C Homework Equations F = q * E The...

Homework Statement A. What is the strength of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? (X=2.84 cm, s=5.37 cm, q=5.5 nC.) B. What is the direction of the electric field at the position indicated by the dot? Specify the direction as an angle (in degrees) above or below...

I am trying to repair my 1920s pier and beam house and have a situation where I need to slide under two butted beams on top of a post the thinnest steel I can that will support the two beams. What would help me determine this would be a general idea of how to compare the strength of a flat...

Homework Statement A 10-cm-diameter parallel-plate capacitor has a 1.0 mm spacing. The electric field between the plates is increasing at the rate 1*10^6V/m/s. What is the magnetic field strength 3.0 cm from the axis? Homework Equations B= uo/(2*pi) *r/R^2*(Chang in Q/ change in...

Well I have this lab on electric field lab and what I did was measure the voltage from different distances on a parallel plate. So when I plotted the graph Voltae vs. Distance, I got a linear line and the equation was y = 85x (somewhat like that disregarding the y-intercept). My concern is what...

Hi, folks, I'm an aspiring Mechanical Engineer, & as such am very new to the subject of stress, strain, etc. I'm designing an assembly using a hi-performance polymer that has the following characteristics: Tensile Strength, 73°F 10.1 kpsi (10,100 psi) Tensile Modulus (E) 340 kpsi...

Hello, everyone! I have a question, and i don't know how to solve it... They ask me for the dielectric strength! How do i find it?

Calculate the ionic strength of Ca2+ in a 0.01M CaCO3 solution. equation to use is: u=0.5 sum(Mi)(zi)^2 where M is the concentration and z is the charge of the species my question is when I am calculating the ionic strength of Ca2+, do I have to include CO3^2- that is in that...

This is a strange one: 1. The problem statement It is known that the strength of the muscles is proportional to the area of their section. In other words, if the muscles are two times more thick, they have four times greater strength.Explain why people cannot grow indefinitely tall...

what are the magnitude and direction of the electrical field strength at point Z in the situation below? negatively charged sphere, x(-2.0*10-5C) is left most, 60 cm to the right of it is a positively charged sphere,Y (8.0*10-6C). Point Z is 30 cm to the right of Y. What I did: First i...

Homework Statement What is the ultimate tensile strength if necking begins at a true strain = 0.25 in a material whose stress strain curve obeys the relation: sigma=120000(epsilon)^1/2 psi? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I'm kind of stumped on this. I really...

Hi there, I am currently looking to measure the tensile strength using Young’s Modulus for steel and brass. My results I have obtained are comparable with published values of E. My question is regarding the formulae, the one I used was: E = F/x X l/a Where a is the original cross section...

Homework Statement differance between tensile and yield strength. please help. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement With the Earth's electric field the strength of the field at the Earth's surface is 100 V/m. Now I think that means 100 volts per vertical meter height. My question is what is the strength of the Earth's electric field per meter^2 on horizontal Earth's surface...

if an electron is accelerated closer and closer to the speed of light, will its magnetic field grow forever or will it approach a limit?

[SOLVED] Tension: Force + Velocity. Breaking Strength. Homework Statement The tension at which a fishing line breaks is commonly called the ``breaking strength''. What minimum breaking strength is needed for a fishing line to stop a salmon that weighs 90.0 N in 18.0 cm if the fish is moving...

Hey, I'm doing my science fair project on how much force can an egg withstand from one direction without cracking and i want to know if the color has anything to do with it. My mom says that she has heard that it is just the breed and i have looked up the question on the internet and it says...

Homework Statement (a) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be two-thirds of its value at the surface. Assume re = 6.371 103 km. km (b) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be...

Homework Statement a) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength would be two-thirds of its value at the surface. Assume re = 6.371 103 km. __________ km (b) Find the altitude above the Earth's surface where Earth's gravitational field strength...

Homework Statement The strength of gravity on the moon is 1/6 of that on earth. If a ball is thrown straight upward on the moon with initial velocity Vo the ratio of the height it reaches to the height it would reach on earth, if also thrown upward with velocity Vo is: 2 1/6 6 depends on Vo...

Question Charges at three corners of a square are shown in Figure P26.34, in which n = 9. To answer the following questions, use the letters k, Q, q, L, and m. IMAGE IS LOCATED HERE: http://www.webassign.net/knight/p26-34.gif a) Write the electric field at point P in component form. b)A...

A bucket of water with mass 6.00 is accelerated upward by a cord of negligible mass whose breaking strength is 66.0 .

Ionic Strength...help I am taking Biochemistry. However, the prof talked about Inoic Strength in class. This is the example, u = 1/2 (Molarity) (ionic charge )^2 Example... .10M CaCl2 u = 1/2 (.10)(+2)^2 + (.20)(-1) ^2 u = 1/2 ( .40 + .20 ) = .30 I opened my Chemistry...

with an odd shaped magnet eg a cone .. apex = N / base = S is the strength of the magnet the same at each pole ?

Homework Statement What are the magnetic field strength and direction at the dot in Figure Ex32.8, in which v = 3.0*10^7 m/s? Figure Ex.32.8 is attached to the this post. r = 0.02828 m m0/4pi = 10^-7 T v = 3.0*10^7 m/s q = 1.60217653*10^-19 C Homework Equations Biot-Savart Law...

can anyone describe wat is dB level. can dB level be showed through receiver or field strength meter? thx for helping

Homework Statement A magnetron is a microwave source in which a "bunch" of electrons travel on a circular orbit in a uniform magnetic field. As the electrons pass the electrodes, a high-frequency alternating voltage difference occurs. Suppose the resonant frequency is f = 2.82×10^10 s-1...

I have investigation on measuring the factors the signal strength from the transmitting antenna. I have some idea about measuring the signal strength. Is it true to use field intensity meter to measure signal strength with the unit of volts per metre? Thank you for helping out.

Hello everybody, I'm having difficulty understanding the rationalization behind the strengths of Bronstend Lowry acids and bases and my textbook isn't too helpful. Can someone please expalin to me: (1) What exactly is effective negative charge density? (2) how does electronegativiy correspond to...

why does magnetic field strength decrease much faster than the inverse square of the distance like gravity? Is it because the force lines have to curve back to the source? Is magnetism also carried by an "imaginary" particle? Thanks. Mr Beh