Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 721: 83

Answer

$13.6eV$

Work Step by Step

We know that $W=\frac{1}{2}(\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_{\circ}}\frac{e^2}{R})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $W=\frac{9\times 10^9Nm^2/C^2(1.602\times 10^{-19}C)^2}{2(0.529\times 10^{-10}m)}$ This simplifies to: $W=2.18\times 10^{-18}J=13.6eV$
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