Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 20 - Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 721: 88

Answer

$4.6\times 10^4m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required escape speed of electron as follows: $v_e=\sqrt{\frac{2Kqq_{\circ}}{mr}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_e=\sqrt{\frac{2(9\times 10^9N.m^2/C^2)(1.8\times 10^{-15}C)(1.6\times 10^{-19}C)}{(9.1\times 10^{-31}Kg)(2.7\times 10^{-3}m)}}$ $v_e=4.6\times 10^4m/s$
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