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3 years ago

Four engineers propose designs for door locks that are triggered by a sample of

Physics

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sveta [45]3 years ago

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Question:

A. Engineer A: "When the sample alpha decays, it will give off alpha particles. These will

trigger a photosensor (a device that senses forms of light) that will open the lock."

B. Engineer B: "When the sample alpha decays, it only releases large amounts of heat.

This will trigger a thermometer that will open the lock."

C. Engineer C: "When the sample alpha decays, it will lose mass, This will trigger a scale

that will open the lock."

D. Engineer D: "When the sample alpha decays, it will give off negatively charged alpha

particles. Because alpha particles are electrons, they will complete a circuit that will

open the lock."

Answer:

The correct option is;

A. Engineer A: "When the sample alpha decays, it will give off alpha particles. These will trigger a photosensor ( a device that senses forms of light) that will open the lock"

Explanation:

Here, we note that in alpha decay (α-decay) there is an emission of an alpha particle or helium nucleus with the transformation of the parent element nucleus into that of a different element, having reduced mass and atomic numbers

Alpha particles are a form of ionizing radiation with a mass of 6.64 × 10⁻²⁷ kg and therefore they can be sensed by a photo sensor but will be slowly sensed by a scale.

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Normal force: NO. The normal force is a force exerted by a surface whenever there is another object "pushing" on it. For instance, when a box is at rest on a table, the box is "pushing" on the table (due to its weight), and the table "pushes back" on the box, upward, in order to balance its weight: this is the normal force. In this case, the elevator is lifted, so it is not pushing on anything, therefore there is no normal force.
Gravity force: YES. The force of gravity acts on every object located in the gravitational field of the Earth; it pulls downward, and its magnitude is $mg$ , where m is the mass of the object and g is the acceleration of gravity.
Applied force: NO. Here there is no applied force, since there is nobody "pushing" or "pulling" the elevator.
Friction force: NO. As we are considering the forces on the elevator, and the elevator is not sliding against any surfaces, there is no force of friction. (The force of friction acts whenever there are two surfaces sliding against each other, which is not the case here)
Tension force: YES. The tension force is the force exerted by a rope or a string when pulling an object. In this case, there are four ropes pulling the elevator, therefore there are 4 forces of tension acting on the elevator, upward.
Air resistance: YES. As the elevator is moving through the air, the interaction between the molecules of air with the surface of the elevator produces a force (called air resistance) that "resists" the motion of the elevator, therefore pushing downward. However, the magnitude of this force is negligible in this case.

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An green hoop with mass mh = 2.8 kg and radius rh = 0.17 m hangs from a string that goes over a blue solid disk pulley with mass

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If the electron just misses the upper plate as it emerges from the field, find the magnitude of the electric field.

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The magnitude of the electric field be 171.76 N/C so that the electron misses the plate.

Explanation:

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ax=0 As acceleration is zero in the horizontal axis so

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vy_o=0

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Now using this acceleration the value of electric field is calculated as

$E=\frac{F}{q}\\E=\frac{ma}{q}\\E=\frac{m_ea}{q_e}\\$

Here a is calculated above, m is the mass of electron while q is the charge of electron, substituting values in the equation

$E=\frac{9.1\times 10^{-31} \times 3.02 \times 10^{13} }{1.6 \times 10^{-19}}\\E=171.76 N/C$

So the magnitude of the electric field be 171.76 N/C so that the electron misses the plate.

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