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5 Electrical grids are placed 1m apart and connected to batteries so that the grids are at 0V, +100V, -10V, +45V, and +75V. A dust particle with mass of 1mg and a charge of -5e enters the first grid with a KE of 100eV.
A: Will the dust particle have enough energy to make it all the way to the last grid? If not, how much extra KE does it need?
B: With the energy from part A adjusted as necessary to allow the dust particle to make it through, what KE will it have at each of the five grids, in eV?
C: What will be the velocity of the particle in m/s when leaving the 5th grid?
In order to answer these questions, we need to understand the concepts of electrical potential, kinetic energy, and conservation of energy.
A: To determine if the dust particle has enough energy to make it all the way to the last grid, we need to calculate the total energy required to overcome the potential differences between the grids. We can do this by summing up the voltage differences between each adjacent grid.
The energy required to move a charged particle with charge q across a potential difference V is given by the formula: E = qV.
In this case, the total energy required is the sum of the energy differences between each grid:
E_total = q(V_1 - V_0) + q(V_2 - V_1) + q(V_3 - V_2) + q(V_4 - V_3) + q(V_5 - V_4)
where q is the charge of the dust particle, which is -5e, and V_i is the voltage at grid i.
Plugging in the given values:
E_total = (-5e)(0V - 100V) + (-5e)(100V - (-10V)) + (-5e)((-10V) - 45V) + (-5e)(45V - 75V)
Simplifying this expression will give us the total energy required to reach the last grid.
B: Next, if the dust particle does have enough energy to reach the last grid, we can calculate the kinetic energy of the particle at each grid. The total kinetic energy of the particle is equal to the difference in its total energy and the potential energy at each grid since the dust particle loses potential energy as it moves from one grid to another.
At each grid, the kinetic energy (KE_i) can be calculated by subtracting the potential energy at that grid (PE_i) from the total energy (E_total) calculated in part A.
KE_i = E_total - PE_i
where PE_i is given by PE_i = qV_i.
C: To determine the velocity of the particle when leaving the fifth grid, we'll need to use the equation for kinetic energy:
KE = 1/2mv^2
Where KE is the kinetic energy, m is the mass, and v is the velocity of the particle.
Solving for v, we get:
v = sqrt((2KE)/(m))
Now we can calculate the values for parts A, B, and C.
(Note: For simplicity, the value of e is considered to be 1.6 x 10^-19 C)
Let's perform the calculations step by step.