Two parallel plates are 4 cm apart and have a potential difference of 2.5 kV between them.

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Two parallel plates are 4 cm apart and have a potential difference of 2.5 kV between them.

a. Calculate the electric field strength between the plates.

b. A small piece of dust carrying a charge of + 2.4 nC moves into the space between the plates.

i. Calculate the force on the dust particle.

ii. The mass of the dust particle is 4.2 mg. Calculate the acceleration of the particle towards the negative plate.

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Cambridge International AS And A Level Physics Coursebook

ISBN: 9781108859035

3rd Edition

Authors: David Sang, Graham Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Richard Woodside

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