Re: Safety Gear (was: possible sources ... lead ... oil?)

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

At 07:32 AM 10/8/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Matthew Smith" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
>Jim Lux wrote:
><blockquote>
>I used 20 keV here because it's a typical voltage for a NST.
></blockquote>
>
>What's the relationship between electron Volts (eV) and applied voltage?
>
>Using a Google definition search 
><http://www.google-dot-com.au/search?q=define:eV>, I get the definition I 
>recall from way back when:
>"A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated 
>through a potential difference of 1 volt."
>
>In the real world, is is that simple?
>
>If you put 20kV between plates, do the electrons whizzing between them 
>have an energy of 20keV?  (20 x 1.6x10^-19J)

Yep, it's that simple.

Where it gets tricky is when the particle weighs more than an electron or 
if there's some other mechanism slowing down or speeding up the 
particles.  It's that MV^2 thing.



>Cheers
>
>M
>
>--
>Matthew Smith
>Kadina Business Consultancy
>South Australia