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A group of science and engineering students embarks on a quest to make an electrostatic projectile launcher. For their first trial, a horizontal, frictionless surface is positioned next to the 12-cm-diameter sphere of a Van de Graaff generator, and a small, 5.0 g plastic cube is placed on the surface with its center 2.0 cm from the edge of the sphere. The cube is given a positive charge, and then the Van de Graaff generator is turned on, charging the sphere to a potential of 200,000 V in a negligible amount of time. How much charge does the plastic cube need to achieve a final speed of a mere 3.0 m/s? Does this seem like a practical projectile launcher?

Short Answer

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The required Charge is 150 nC

Step by step solution

01

Energy Conversion Law

As per the law of energy conversations, within a closed system energy remains same. Energy cannot be destroyed or created it only transform from one form to another.

The expression in this electric potential is;

V=kqr

Here in in equation K is column's constant and q is the charge where r denote as distance.

Hence;

q=Vrk

02

Given Data

Here;

Sphere potential is 200,000 V

d =12 cm, hence r= 6 cm

and k= 9 x 109Nm2/C2

q=200,000V×6100m9×109Nm2/C2=1.33×10-6C

03

Required Charge Calculation 

As per the given Condition distance is;

d=2 cm+ 6cm =8 cm

hence the potential difference is;

v'=Kqd

Substituting all the given data along with the distance of condition;

V'=9×109Nm2/C2×1.33×10-6C0.08mV'=1.5×105V

As law of energy conversations;

kinetic energy is equal to potential energy

qV'=12mv2or;q=mv22V'

As per given condition m= 5g; v= 3 m/s

Hence;

q=0.005kg×3m/s22(1.5×105V)q=150nC

Hence the required charge can be considered as 150 nC

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