Each plate of a parallel-plate air capacitor has an area of 0.0020 m2, and the separation of the plates is 0.090 mm. An electric field of 2.1 × 106 V/m is present between the plates. The surface charge density on the plates, in μC/m2 , is closest to: A) 19 B) 39 C) 9.3 D) 28 E) 47

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Each plate of a parallel-plate air capacitor has an area of 0.0020 m2, and the separation of the plates is 0.090 mm. An electric field of 2.1 × 106 V/m is present between the plates. The surface charge density on the plates, in μC/m2 , is closest to:

  1. A) 19
  2. B) 39
  3. C) 9.3
  4. D) 28
  5. E) 47
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