As a person moves about in a dry environment, electric charge accumulates on his body. Once it is at high voltage, either positive or negative, the body can discharge via sometimes noticeable sparks and shocks. Consider a human body well separated from ground, with the typical capacitance 150 pF. (a) What charge on the body will produce a potential of 12.0 kV? (b) Sensitive electronic devices can be destroyed by electrostatic discharge from a person. A particular device can be destroyed by a discharge releasing an energy of 280 µJ. To what voltage on the body does this energy correspond?

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As a person moves about in a dry environment, electric charge accumulates on his body. Once it is at high voltage, either positive or negative, the body can discharge via
sometimes noticeable sparks and shocks. Consider a human body well separated from ground, with the typical capacitance 150 pF.
(a) What charge on the body will produce a potential of 12.0 kV?
C
(b) Sensitive electronic devices can be destroyed by electrostatic discharge from a person. A particular device can be destroyed by a discharge releasing an energy of
280 µJ. To what voltage on the body does this energy correspond?
V
Transcribed Image Text:As a person moves about in a dry environment, electric charge accumulates on his body. Once it is at high voltage, either positive or negative, the body can discharge via sometimes noticeable sparks and shocks. Consider a human body well separated from ground, with the typical capacitance 150 pF. (a) What charge on the body will produce a potential of 12.0 kV? C (b) Sensitive electronic devices can be destroyed by electrostatic discharge from a person. A particular device can be destroyed by a discharge releasing an energy of 280 µJ. To what voltage on the body does this energy correspond? V
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Capacitance (C)= 150 pFPotential (V) = 12 kV= 12000 volts 

 

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