015A Van de Graaff generator is charged so thatthe electric field at its surface is 92000 N/C.What is the magnitude of the electricforce on a proton released at the surfaceof the generator? The mass of a protonis 1.6726 × 10-27 kg and the fundamentalcharge is 1.602 × 10-19 C.Answer in units of N.016 (pFind the proton's acceleration at this instant.Answer in units of m/s².017Two alpha particles (helium nuclei), eachconsisting of two protons and two neu-trons, have an electrical potential energy of6.08 x 10-19 J.What is the distance between these par-ticles at this time? The Coulomb constantis 8.98755 × 10⁹ Nm²/C², the elementalcharge is 1.6021 x 10-19 C, and the accel-eration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².Answer in units of m.018 (FAn electron initially at rest moves from oneplate of a capacitor to another, through apotential difference of 2006 V.Find the speed with which the electronstrikes the positive plate. The electron's massis 9.109 x 10-31 kg and the elemental chargeis 1.602 x 10-19 C.Answer in units of m/s.019If a proton similarly moves from the positiveplate to the negative plate, find the speed withwhich the proton strikes the negative plate.Answer in units of m/s.020 (PA pair of oppositely charged parallel plates isseparated by 5.6 mm. A potential differenceof 628 V exists between the plates.What is the strength of the electric field

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015 A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that the electric field at its surface is 92000 N/C. What is the magnitude of the electric force on a proton released at the surface of the generator? The mass of a proton is 1.6726 x 10-27 kg and the fundamental charge is 1.602 × 10-1⁹ C. Answer in units of N.

015 A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that the electric field at its surface is 92000 N/C. What is the magnitude of the electric force on a proton released at the surface of the generator? The mass of a proton is 1.6726 x 10-27 kg and the fundamental charge is 1.602 × 10-1⁹ C. Answer in units of N.

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