Question: (a) An electron gun has parallel plates separated by 4.00 cm and gives electrons 25.0 keV of energy. What is the electric field strength between

(a) An electron gun has parallel plates separated by 4.00 cm and gives electrons 25.0 keV of energy. What is the electric field strength between the plates? 

(b) What force would this field exert on a piece of plastic with a 0.500 μC charge that gets between the plates?

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Since the voltage and plate separation are given, the electric field strength can be calculated directly from the expression E =VAB/d. Once the electric field strength is known, the force on a charge is found using F = qE. Since the electric field is in only one direction, we can write this equation in terms of the magnitudes, F = q E.

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