Intracellular potentials are on the order of -100mV, whereas extracellular potentials are OmV. Assuming these values, answer the following questions. (a) What is the electric potential energy of a chloride ion (CI-) inside a cell? (b) What about outside the cell? (c) What is the probability of finding a Cl- inside the cell relative to finding it outside the cell? Assume that T=310K. P(inside) P(outside) (d) If the concentration of Cl- outside the cell is 100mM, what is the expected concentration inside the cell?

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Intracellular potentials are on the order of
-100mV, whereas extracellular potentials are
OmV. Assuming these values, answer the
following questions.
(a) What is the electric potential energy of a
chloride ion (CI-) inside a cell?
(b) What about outside the cell?
(c) What is the probability of finding a Cl-
inside the cell relative to finding it outside the
cell? Assume that T=310K. P(inside) P(outside)
(d) If the concentration of Cl- outside the cell
is 100mM, what is the expected concentration
inside the cell?
Transcribed Image Text:Intracellular potentials are on the order of -100mV, whereas extracellular potentials are OmV. Assuming these values, answer the following questions. (a) What is the electric potential energy of a chloride ion (CI-) inside a cell? (b) What about outside the cell? (c) What is the probability of finding a Cl- inside the cell relative to finding it outside the cell? Assume that T=310K. P(inside) P(outside) (d) If the concentration of Cl- outside the cell is 100mM, what is the expected concentration inside the cell?
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