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Chapter 19, Problem 18PE
The voltage across a membrane forming a cell wall is 80.0 mV and the membrane is 9.00 nm thick. What is the electric field strength? (The value is surprisingly large. but correct. Membranes are discussed in Capacitors and Dielectrics and Nerve
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