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<h4>Statement</h4>
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$6.5.2$
Two electroconductor pistons of cross section $S$ form a plane capacitor in a tube of an isolating material which contains air at atmospheric pressure $P_0$. How changes the distance between pistons if charges of different signs $\pm Q$ are applied to them? The system is good heat conductor and there is no friction.
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For problem 6.5.2
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<h4>Solution</h4>
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Let's consider the following figure
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Forces over pistons
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Applying Newton Second Law over one of the piston, considering the pistons are massless,
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$F_p = F_{p0} + F_e$
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where $F_p$, $F_{p0}$ and $F_e$ are forces due to enclosed air between pistons, due to atmospheric pressure and due to electric field, respectively.
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$P = P_0 + \frac{F_e}{S} \\;(1)$
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The electric force $F_e$ is defined from the electric field generated by a charged plate that is $E = \frac{\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}=\frac{Q}{2\varepsilon_0 S}$, so
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$F_e = Q E =\frac{Q^2}{2\varepsilon_0 S} \\;(2)$
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Putting $(2)$ into $(1)$
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$P = P_0 + \frac{Q^2}{2\varepsilon_0 S} \\;(3)$
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Taking account that the system is good heat conductor, we can suppose that thermal equilibrium is instantaneously established or that the container acts as a thermos, keeping the temperature unchanged.Then, applying Boyle-Mariotte law
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$P_0 S L = P S l$
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$\frac{L}{l} = \frac{P}{P_0} \\;(4)$
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Substituting $(3)$ into $(4)$
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$\boxed{\frac{L}{l} = 1 + \frac{Q^2}{2P_0\varepsilon_0 S^2}}$
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BSc. Luis Daniel Fernández Quintana<br>
Physics Department (FCNE)<br>
Universidad de Oriente, Cuba<br>
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