SHOW WORK PLEASE A thin, uniformly charged spherical shell has a potential of 88
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Question
SHOW WORK PLEASE A thin, uniformly charged spherical shell has a potential of 883 V on its surface. Outside the sphere, at a radial distance of 14.0 cm from this surface, the potential is 498 V. Calculate the radius of the sphere. Determine the total charge on the sphere. What is the electric potential inside the sphere at a radius of 4.0 cm? Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at the surface of the sphere. If an electron starts from rest at a distance of 14.0 cm from the surface of the sphere, calculate the electron's speed when it reaches the sphere's surface.
Explanation / Answer
a) radius r is given by, 883*r = 498(r+0.14) =======> r = 0.1811 m = 18.11 cm
b) 9*(10)*(Q/0.1811) = 883 =====> Q = [(883*0.1811)/9] nC = 17.8 nC
c) V = kQ/r = (9*10^9*17.8*10^-9)/0.04 = 4005 V
d) E = kQ/r^2 = (9*10^9*17.8*10^-9)/(0.1811)^2 = 4884.56 V/m
e) As v² = 2ar
where. acceleration: a = F/m,
and the electrostatic force: F = qE
hence,
v^2 = 2(F/m)r = 2(qE/m)r
v = {2(qE/m)r} = {[2(1.6x10^-19)*4884.56/(9.11x10^-31)]0.1811
v = 17.63 x10^6 m/s
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