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04-BS-9: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Concentric Spherical Capacitor — Breakdown-Limited Charge
  2. Question 2 Magnetic Field of a Circular Current Loop
  3. Question 3 RMS EMF Induced by a Rotating Uniform Field
  4. Question 4 Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Field
  5. Question 5 Displacement Current in a Parallel-Plate Capacitor
  6. Question 6 Electric Field of a Point-Charge Pair (Dipole)
  7. Question 7 Transmission-Line Efficiency Comparison
  8. Question 8 Radar Pulse Delay Through Air and Water

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National Exams — May 2013 — 04-BS-9 Basic Electromagnetics. Three-hour, closed-book exam (approved Casio/Sharp calculator only). Aids given: $\varepsilon_0=8.85\times10^{-12}$ F/m, $\mu_0=4\pi\times10^{-7}$ H/m, $e=1.6\times10^{-19}$ C. Format: eight questions offered; any five constitute a complete paper and only the first five appearing in the answer book are marked. All eight are solved below for completeness.

Reference texts: Sadiku, Elements of Electromagnetics / Hayt & Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics — electrostatics, Gauss's law, capacitance, magnetostatics, Faraday's law, Maxwell's equations and displacement current; Young & Freedman, University Physics with Modern Physics — dipole fields, torque on a current loop, electromagnetic wave propagation in dielectrics.