All categories

3 years ago

The work done in moving an electron through the 3 ohm resistor is

Physics

1 answer:

Orlov [11]3 years ago

8 0

If the 3 ohm resistor is in parallel to the 12 ohm (I can't see it in the image) then the current through it is 12V/3ohm = 4A Amps are Coulombs/s The charge on the electron is 1.6e-19C So 4 amps means 4/1.6e-19 = 2.5e19 electrons/s.
The reciprocal of this gives the number of electrons per second:
1/2.5e19 = 4e-20 s/(elect. charge)
The power in the 3 ohm resistor is 12*4=48W. This is Joules/sec. We know it takes on average 4e-20 s to get one electron charge through the resistor so we multiply: 48W * 4e-20s = 1.9e-18J
Note: In reality there are many electrons moving through the resistor together, and a single electron does not move this fast, but the total energy to do it would be equivalent to this.

You might be interested in

What is a electron orbit?

Advocard [28]

the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

5 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

A point charge is placed at each corner of square with side leanth a. The charges all have same magnitude q. My question, What i

nexus9112 [7]

Answer:

E = k q / a² (1.3535) (- i ^ + j ^)

E = k q / a² 1.914 , θ’= 135

Explanation:

For this exercise we will use Newton's second law where we must add as vectors

E_total = E₁₂ i ^ + E₁₄ j ^ + E₁₃

Let's look for the value of each term

On the x axis

E₁₂ = k q / a²

On the y axis

E₁₄ = k q / a²

For the charge in the opposite corner we look for the distance

d = √ (a² + a²) = a √2

let's look for the field

E₁₃ = k q / d²

E₁₃ = k q / 2a²

let's use trigonometry to find the two components of this field

cos 45 = E₁₃ₓ / E₁₃

E₁₃ₓ = E₁₃ cos 45

sin 45 = E_{13y} / E₁₃

E_{13y} = E₁₃ sin 45

E₁₃ₓ = k q / 2a² cos 45

E_{13y} = k q / 2a² sin 45

let's find each component of the electric field

X axis

Eₓ = -E₁₂ - E₁₃ₓ

Eₓ = - k q / a² - k q / 2a² cos 45

Eₓ = - k q / a² (1 + cos 45/2)

cos 45 = sin 45 = 0.707

Eₓ = - k q / a² (1 + 0.707 / 2)

Eₓ = - k q / a² (1.3535)

Y axis

E_y = E₁₄ + E_{13y}

E_y = k q / a² + k q / 2a² sin 45

E_y = k q / a² (1 + sin 45/2)

E_y = k q / a² (1.3535)

we can give the results in two ways

E = k q / a² (1.3535) (- i ^ + j ^)

In modulus and angle form, let's use Pythagoras' theorem for the angle

E = √ (Eₓ² + E_y²)

E = k q / a² 1.3535 √2

E = k q / a² 1.914

we use trigonometry for the angle

tan θ = E_y / Eₓ

θ = tan⁻¹ (E_y / Eₓ)

θ = tan⁻¹ (1 / -1)

θ = 45

in the third quadrant, if we measure the angle of the positive side of the x-axis

θ‘= 90 + 45

θ’= 135

4 0

3 years ago

What event will produce the greatest increase in the gravitational force between the two masses?

TiliK225 [7]

Answer:

Doubling the large mass

Explanation:

Doubling the destance bewteen the masses will simply make the gravitational force weaker

same with every answer exce

6 0

2 years ago

If you are six feet tall how far back from a 3 foot mirror do you have to stand in order to see yourself completely?

OverLord2011 [107]

Answer:

you would have to stand 6 ft back

Explanation:

7 0

3 years ago

20 cubic inches of a gas with an absolute pressure of 5 psi is compressed until its pressure reaches 10 psi. What's the new volu

Anna71 [15]

Answer:

B. $V_{f}= 10\,cubic\,inches$

Explanation:

Assuming we are dealing with a perfect gas, we should use the perfect gas equation:

$PV=nRT$

With T the temperature, V the volume, P the pressure, R the perfect gas constant and n the number of mol, we are going to use the subscripts i for the initial state when the gas has 20 cubic inches of volume and absolute pressure of 5 psi, and final state when the gas reaches 10 psi, so we have two equations:

$P_{i}V_{i}=n_{i}RT_{i}$ (1)

$P_{f}V_{f}=n_{f}RT_{f}$ (2)

Assuming the temperature and the number of moles remain constant (number of moles remain constant if we don't have a leak of gas) we should equate equations (1) and (2) because $T_{i}=T_{f}$ , $n_{i}=n_{f}$ and R is an universal constant:

$P_{i}V_{i}= P_{f}V_{f}$ , solving for $V_{f}$

$V_{f} =\frac{P_{i}V_{i}}{P_{f}} =\frac{(5)(20)}{10}$

$V_{f}= 10 cubic\,inches$

6 0

3 years ago