Suppose a diode consists of a cylindrical cathode with a radius of 6.200×10−2 cmcm , mounted coaxially within a cylindrical anode with a radius of 0.5580 cmcm . The potential difference between the anode and cathode is 205 VV . An electron leaves the surface of the cathode with zero initial speed (vinitial=0vinitial=0). Find its speed vfinalvfinalv_final when it strikes the anode.
Before the advent of solid-state electronics, vacuum tubes were widely used in radios and other devices. A simple type of vacuum tube known as a diode consists essentially of two electrodes within a highly evacuated enclosure. One electrode, the cathode, is maintained at a high temperature and emits electrons from its surface. A potential difference of a few hundred volts is maintained between the cathode and the other electrode, known as the anode, with the anode at the higher potential....
1. A capacitor consists of two 4.8-cm-diameter circular plates separated by 1.0 mm. The plates are charged to 170 V , then the battery is removed. How much work must be done to pull the plates apart to where the distance between them is 2.0 mm? (Express your answer in joules.) 2. A 2.5 mm -diameter sphere is charged to -4.4 nC . An electron fired directly at the sphere from far away comes to within 0.30 mm of the...
Consider a cylindrical capacitor like that shown in Fig. 24.6. Let d = rb − ra be the spacing between the inner and outer conductors. (a) Let the radii of the two conductors be only slightly different, so that d << ra. Show that the result derived in Example 24.4 (Section 24.1) for the capacitance of a cylindrical capacitor then reduces to Eq. (24.2), the equation for the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor, with A being the surface area of...