If the steps are not taken to ground a gasoline pump, static electricity can be placed on gasoline when filling your car’s tank. Suppose a tiny drop of gasoline has a mass of 4 × 10−15kg and is given a positive charge of 3.2 × 10−19C . (a) Find the weight of the drop. (b) Calculate the electric force on the drop if there is an upward electric field of strength 3 × 105 N/C due to other static electricity in the vicinity. (c) Calculate the drop’s net acceleration.

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Q: The electric field near the surface of Earth points downward and has a magnitude of 152 N/C. What is…

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Q: Three point charges are placed on the y axis.  -8µC at the origin, -3 µC at y= 7 m, -8 µC at y = -12…

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Q: Three point charges are placed on the x-y plane: a +25.0 nC charge at the origin, a -25.0 nC charge…

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Q: A charge of √√8.85 µC is uniformly distributed on the surface of metallic object of area 3 m² placed…

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Q: Point charge 2.0 µCµC is located at xx = 0, yy = 0.30 mm, point charge -2.0 µCµC is located at xx =…

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Q: Point charge 2.0 μC is located at x = 0, y = 0.30 m, point charge -2.0 μC is located at x = 0 y =…

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Q: The charge per unit length on a long, straight filament is -85.6 µC/m. (a) Find the electric field…

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Q: Two charged particles, q1 = 6.2 μC and q2=20.4 μC are separated by distance r = 5.8 mm in distilled…

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Q: An electric dipole consistS or chargeen the dipole and the +8e charge?. is the magnitude of the…

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Q: Two particles, each with charge 56.3 nC, are located on the y axis at y = 22.9 cm and y = -22.9 cm.…

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Q: A helium nucleus is composed of two protons (positively charged) and two neutrons (charge neutral).…

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Q: Na+ b Na+ 30.0⁰ 45.0° с cr where a = 0.220 nm, b = 0.740 nm, and c = 0.540 nm. What is the direction…

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Q: Two point charges, q1=2.0×10−7Cq1=2.0×10−7C and q2=−6.0×10−8C,q2=−6.0×10−8C, are held 25.0 cm apart.…

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Q: A uranium nucleus has a charge of 92e. (a) What is the direction and magnitude of the electric field…

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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.