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Ainat [17]
3 years ago
9

Proton is placed 100 micrometers from a helium nucleus. Gravity pulls the proton and nucleus together while the electric force p

ushes them apart. Which is stronger and by how much ?
Physics
1 answer:
skad [1K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Electric force is 6.2\cdot 10^{35} times stronger than gravitational force

Explanation:

The gravitational force between two objects is given by:

F_G = G\frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2}

where

G is the gravitational constant

m1, m2 are the masses of the two objects

r is the separation between the objects

Here we have:

m_1 = 1.67\cdot 10^{-27}kg (mass of the proton)

m_2=4\cdot 1.67\cdot 10^{-27} =6.68\cdot 10^{-27} kg (mass of the helium nucleus is equal to 4 times the mass of a proton)

r=100 \mu m = 100\cdot 10^{-6} m

So,

F_G = (6.67\cdot 10^{-11}) \frac{(1.67\cdot 10^{-27})(6.68\cdot 10^{-27})}{(100\cdot 10^{-6})^2}=7.44\cdot 10^{-56} N

The electric force between two charged object is given by

F_E=k\frac{q_1 q_2}{r^2}

where

k is the  Coulomb constant

q1, q2 are the two charges

r is the separation

Here we have

q_1 = 1.6\cdot 10^{-19}C (charge of the proton)

q_2 = 2\cdot (1.6\cdot 10^{-19})=3.2\cdot 10^{-19}C (charge of the helium nucleus is twice that of the proton)

r=100 \mu m = 100\cdot 10^{-6} m

So,

F_E=(9\cdot 10^9) \frac{(1.6\cdot 10^{-19})(3.2\cdot 10^{-19})}{(100\cdot 10^{-6})^2}=4.6\cdot 10^{-20}N

Therefore, we see that the electric force is much stronger than the gravitational force, by a factor of:

\frac{F_E}{F_G}=\frac{4.6\cdot 10^{-20}}{7.44\cdot 10^{-56}}=6.2\cdot 10^{35}

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