Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Electric Potential - Problems - Page 497: 29

Answer

4.2 million volts.

Work Step by Step

The kinetic energy that the proton has after being accelerated, which is $qV_{initial}$, is changed to potential energy just as the proton’s outer edge reaches the outer radius of the silicon nucleus, because its kinetic energy is zero at that instant. $$KE_i=PE_f$$ $$eV_{initial}=k\frac{e(14e)}{r}$$ $$V_{initial}=k\frac{14e}{r}$$ $$V_{initial}=(8.988\times10^9Nm^2/C^2)\frac{14(1.60\times10^{-19}C)}{(1.2+3.6)\times10^{-15}m}$$ $$V_{initial}=4.2\times10^6\;volts$$
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