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Discuss how does a Van de Graaff generator works?

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Svetllana [295]3 years ago

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How does a Van de Graaff generator works?

A Van de Graaff generator pulls electrons from the Earth, moves them along a belt and stores them on the large sphere. These electrons repel each other and try to get as far away from each other as possible, spreading out on the surface of the sphere. ... It provides a convenient path for electrons to move to the ground.

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Part a)

$T = 42 N$

Part b)

$v_f = 11.8 m/s$

Part c)

$t = 1.7 s$

Part d)

$F = 159.7 N$

Explanation:

Part a)

While bucket is falling downwards we have force equation of the bucket given as

$mg - T = ma$

for uniform cylinder we will have

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$T = \frac{12 \times 7}{2}$

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Part b)

speed of the bucket can be found using kinematics

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$v_f^2 - v_i^2 = 2 a d$

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Part c)

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Answer:

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