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AP Physics 2
10.7 Conservation of Electric Energy
10.5 Electric Potential
10.4 Electric Potential Energy
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A thin circular disk of radius R lies flat in the xy-plane centered at the origin, shown tilted at a slight 3-D angle as an ellipse. A vertical dashed central axis labeled z extends upward through the center of the disk. The center of the disk is labeled z = 0. A horizontal tick mark on the z-axis above the center is labeled z = R. The disk surface is shaded light gray and labeled with charge +Q. A small filled circle representing a particle of mass m and charge +q is located on the z-axis at z = R. A straight downward vector arrow labeled v_0 originates at the particle and points directly down the z-axis toward z = 0. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A charged particle projected along the central axis of a uniformly charged thin disk.
A thin, nonconducting disk of radius \(R\) carries a total positive charge \(Q\) distributed uniformly over its surface. The electric potential along the central axis of the disk as a function of distance \(z\) from the center is given by \(V(z) = \dfrac{2kQ}{R^2} \left(\sqrt{z^2 + R^2} - z\right)\), where \(k\) is the Coulomb constant. A small particle of mass \(m\) and positive charge \(q\) is projected from a point on the axis at distance \(z = R\) directly toward the center of the disk (\(z = 0\)). What is the minimum initial speed \(v_0\) the particle must have at \(z = R\) to reach the center of the disk?

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