Coulomb's law states that the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them.
I found an equation that states that an electron will escape the pull of a proton if:
V=sqrt (2kQe/mr) but I can't tell if Qe is one value or two. Any help?
Alright so I can find the values for kinetic energy and the force from those equations, but how do I relate the two to find out how far the electron will go?
I have 1.16e-18 J and 2.30e-8 C so far...
Homework Statement
Suppose that an electron is set down 10e-10 m away from a proton that is "pinned down" so that the proton cannot move. The electron has a velocity V0= 1.6e6 m/s pointing away from the proton, along the line between the proton and the electron. What is the force on this...