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What is the capacitance of a drop that results when two mercury spheres, each of radius R = 2.00 mmmerge?

Short Answer

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The capacitance is C' = 0.28 pF

Step by step solution

01

Given

The radius of the mercury sphere isR=2.00mm10-3m1mm=2.0010-3m

The two mercury spheres merge.

02

Determining the concept

Using the equation 25-18 and the formula for the volume of the drop, and assuming the conservation of volume, find the capacitance of the new combined drop.

Formulae are as follows:

C=4蟿蟿蔚0R

Where C is capacitance, R is the radius, and0 is the permittivity of the medium.

03

Determining the capacitance of a drop when two mercury spheres merge

By assuming the conservation of volume, find the radius of the combined sphere,

C=4蟿蟿蔚0R

When the drop combines the volume of the system becomes,

V=24蟿蟿3R3

Thus, the new radiusis given by,

4蟿蟿3R'3=24蟿蟿3R3

This gives,

R'=21/3R

From the equation 25-18, the capacitance of the sphere is,

C=4蟿蟿蔚0R

Therefore, the new capacitance is,

C'=4蟿蟿蔚0R'

Therefore, this gives,

C'=4蟿蟿蔚021/3R'=5.04蟿蟿蔚0R=5.043.1428.8510-12F/m2.0010-3m=2.8010-13F1012pF1F=0.28pF

Hence, the capacitance due to merged drop is 0.28 pF

Therefore, by using the formula for the volume of the drop, and assuming the conservation of volume, the capacitance of the new combined drop can be found.

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