University Physics with Modern Physics Plus Mastering Physics with eText -- Access Card Package (14th Edition)

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ISBN: 9780321982582

Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

Publisher: PEARSON

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Cell membranes across a wide variety of organisms have a capacitance per unit area of 1 µF/cm². For the electrical signal in a nerve to propagate down the axon, the charge on the membrane “capacitor” must change. What time constant is required when the ion channels are open? (a) 1 µs; (b) 10 µs; (c) 100 µs; (d) 1 ms.

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