Two charges placed in air repel each other by a force of ${10^{ - 4}}\,N$. When oil is introduced between the charges, the force becomes $2.5 \times {10^{ - 5}}\,N$. The dielectric constant of oil is
$2.5$
$0.25$
$2$
$4$
Coulomb's law for electrostatic force between two point charges and Newton's law for gravitational force between two stationary point masses, both have inverse-square dependence on the distance between the charges and masses respectively.
$(a)$ Compare the strength of these forces by determining the ratio of their magnitudes $(i)$ for an electron and a proton and $(ii)$ for two protons.
$(b)$ Estimate the accelerations of electron and proton due to the electrical force of their mutual attraction when they are $1 \mathring A \left( { = {{10}^{ - 10}}m} \right)$ apart? $\left(m_{p}=1.67 \times 10^{-27} \,kg , m_{e}=9.11 \times 10^{-31}\, kg \right)$
Two identical conducting spheres $A$ and $B,$ carry equal charge. They are separated by a distance much larger than their diameter, and the force between them is $F$ . A third identical conducting sphere, $C,$ is uncharged. Sphere $C$ is first touched to $A,$ then to $B,$ and then removed. As a result, the force between $A$ and $B$ would be equal to
As shown in the figure. a configuration of two equal point charges $\left( q _0=+2 \mu C \right)$ is placed on an inclined plane. Mass of each point charge is $20\,g$. Assume that there is no friction between charge and plane. For the system of two point charges to be in equilibrium (at rest) the height $h = x \times 10^{-3}\,m$ The value of $x$ is $..........$.(Take $\left.\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0}=9 \times 10^9\,Nm ^2 C ^{-2}, g=10\,ms ^{-1}\right)$
A given charge is situated at a certain distance from an electric dipole in the end-on position experiences a force $F$. If the distance of the charge is doubled, the force acting on the charge will be
Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal lengths. The strings make an angle of $30^{\circ}$ with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density $0.8 \;g\, cm ^{-3}$, the angle remains the same. If density of the material of the sphere is $1.6\; g \,cm ^{-3}$, the dielectric constant of the liquid is