Chapter 22: Q47P (page 656)
Question: Beams of high-speed protons can be produced in 鈥済uns鈥 using electric fields to accelerate the protons. (a) What acceleration would a proton experience if the gun鈥檚 electric field were ? (b) What speed would the proton attain if the field accelerated the proton through a distance of 1.00 cm?
Short Answer
- a)The acceleration that the proton experiences is
- b) The speed of the proton is
