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Chapter 16, Problem 54GP
Dry air will break down and generate a spark if the electric field exceeds about 3 x 108 N/C. How much charge could be packed onto a green pea (diameter 0.75 cm) before the pea spontaneously discharges? [Hint:Eqs. 16—4 work outside a sphere if r is measured from its center.]
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