andie 10 Posted January 31, 2007 I was doing an experiment with some parallel plates and was wondering how much work is done by the uniform electric field by moving an electron from the negative plate to the positive plate of two parallel plates. How would you solve this??? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insane_alien 840 Posted January 31, 2007 Work = Force x Distance. always go back to basics. I assume you know how to work out the force on the electron and you know the distance between the plates. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andie 10 Posted January 31, 2007 force = mass that acceleration therefore it would be the mass of an electron multiplied by gravity and the distance is given Is that about right ???? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swansont 7432 Posted January 31, 2007 Gravity is most likely negligible compared to the electrostatic force. F = qE for a charge q in a field E (recall that E is defined as F/q) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insane_alien 840 Posted February 1, 2007 what the fizzycist said. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
