Question

Acceleration of charged particle in uniform electric field is proportional to

Answer 1

Question ▶Acceleration of charged particle in uniform electric field is proportional to________

Answer▶Potential difference

Answer 2

Acceleration is directly proportional to charge and inversely proportional to mass.

Let charge be q and electric field intensity be E.

Now, the force experienced by the charge will be:

$F = q \times E$

Now, the acceleration will be equal to net force divided by the mass of the charged particle (let mass be m):

$\implies a = \dfrac{F}{m}$

$\implies a = \dfrac{q \times E}{m}$

Now, since field intensity is assumed to be constant (i.e. uniform) along the whole field, acceleration will be proportional to:

$\implies a \propto \dfrac{q }{m}$

So, acceleration will be directly proportional to charge and inversely proportional to mass.