Two 2.0-cm-diameter disks face each other, 1.0 mm apart. they are charged to ± 8.0 nc . what is the electric field strength between the disks. a proton is shot from the negative disk toward the positive disk. what launch speed must the proton have to just barely reach the positive disk?

E = 2.88*10^6 N/C

v = 0.742 *10^6m/s

Explanation:

The two disks form a parallel-plate capacitor, which will cause an electric field equal to:

Where Q is the charge of the disks, A is the area of the disks and e_0 is the vacuum permisivity equal to 8.85*10^-12 C^2/Nm^2:

Now, for the second part of the problem, we can use conservation of energy. The addition of potential and kinetic energy at launch point should be equal to the addition at the positive disk. Because the proton has positive charge, the potential energy of the proton will increase as its distance to the negative disk increases too. This is because the proton will be attracted towards the negative disk. The potential energy is given by:

Where V is the difference in potential (voltage) between the disks. In a parallel-plate capacitor:

, where d is the difference in position with the frame of reference. Our frame of reference will be the negative disk.

q is the charge of the proton.

The kinetic energy is given by:

Then:

(a) The electric field strength between the disks is 2.88 N/C

(b) The launch speed of the proton to reach the positive disk is 7.43 x 10⁵ m/s.

The given parameters;

The electric field strength between the disks is calculated as follows;

The launch speed of the proton to reach the positive disk is calculated as follows;

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