What is the escape speed for an electron initially at rest on the surface of a sphere with a radius of 0.9 cm and a uniformly distributed charge of 1.7 × 10-15 C? That is, what initial speed must the electron have in order to reach an infinite distance from the sphere and have zero kinetic energy when it gets there? The charge of an electron is 1.602 × 10-19 C and its mass is 9.109 × 10-31 kg.

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Electric Charges and Fields

One of the fundamental properties is the electromagnetic property. Charge cannot be destroyed by any process and this contributes formally to the law of charge conservation.