Two charged parallel plates are used to accelerate charged ions. The plates have a very large area and are separated by 0.0800 m. The plate on the left is at zero electric potential, while the plate on the right is at an electric potential of +7.00x10^3 Volts. Ions produced at rest at a small hole in the left plate accelerate between the plates and emerge with final speed through a small hole in the right plate.
Are the ions positively or negatively charged?
positive negative
14. Calculate the final speed achieved by ions having a charge of 2.70*10^-6 C and a mass of 3.20x10^-26 kg. The answer is 3.13*10^4 m/s, 4.07*10^5 m/s, 5.28*10^6 m/s, or 6.41*10^7 m/s.