NASA’s Deep Space 1 and Dawn spacecraft employedion thrusters in which xenon ions with a charge of +1.60 * 10-19 Cand a mass of 2.18 * 10-25 kg are accelerated through a potentialdifference of 1315 V. What is the speed of the xenon ions as theyexit the thruster?

NASA’s Deep Space 1 and Dawn spacecraft employedion thrusters in which xenon ions with a charge of +1.60 * 10-19 Cand a mass of 2.18 * 10-25 kg are accelerated through a potentialdifference of 1315 V. What is the speed of the xenon ions as theyexit the thruster?

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NASA’s Deep Space 1 and Dawn spacecraft employed
ion thrusters in which xenon ions with a charge of +1.60 * 10-19 C
and a mass of 2.18 * 10-25 kg are accelerated through a potential
difference of 1315 V. What is the speed of the xenon ions as they
exit the thruster?

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