Question

When the electrons reach the collector, they flow towards the positivly charged grid. The resulting current is measured. Note that as the electrons accelerate from the cathode toward the grid, they collide with the mercury atoms. Assume that these collisions are completely elastic. How does the collected current vary if the ΔVgridΔVgrid is slowly increased? View Available Hint(s)

Answer 1

We can conclude by saying that in the beginning current will increase but after sometime, it becomes saturated.

Step-by-step explanation:

Note: No information on change in number of electron generated.

Since there is a collision, the electrons emitted will not reach the collector at same time. As the voltage is increased, the the speed with which the electrons will reach the collector starts to increase. Due to this, electric current will first increases till all the emitted electrons reach the collector. Since we are not provided with the information that number of electrons generated are changing, after increasing voltage current will increase for some time and then reaches a saturated state.

We can conclude by saying that in the beginning current will increase but after sometime it becomes saturated.