In: Physics
A research Van de Graaff generator has a 1.98-m-diameter metal sphere with a charge of 4.75 mC
on it.
a) What is the potential near its surface?
MV
b) At what distance from its center is the potential 1.02
MV
?
m
c) An oxygen atom with 3
missing electrons is released near the Van de Graaff generator. What is its energy in MeV
at this distance?
MeV