(a) If Earth had a uniform surface charge density of 1.0 electron/m2 (a very artificial assumption), what would its potential be? (Set V= 0 at infinity.) What would be the (b) magnitude and (c) direction (radially inward or outward) of the electric field due to Earth just outside its surface?
(a) If Earth had a uniform surface charge density of 1.0 electron/m2 (a very artificial assumption), what would its potential be? (Set V= 0 at infinity.) What would be the (b) magnitude and (c) direction (radially inward or outward) of the electric field due to Earth just outside its surface?
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(a) If Earth had a uniform surface charge density of
1.0 electron/m2 (a very artificial assumption), what would its
potential be? (Set V= 0 at infinity.) What would be the (b) magnitude
and (c) direction (radially inward or outward) of the electric
field due to Earth just outside its surface?
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