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Posted by ALICIA on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 6:15pm.

An oil drop is stationary within an electric field of 490 V/m that is set up between two parallel plates. If the volume of the oil drop is 4 X 10 (-19) m3, how many excess electrons does it carry?
(I'll give ya'll just one hint: the fundamental unit of charge e = 1.6 X 10 (-19) C. )

physics - bobpursley, Friday, June 29, 2012 at 8:09pm
downward force= mg
upward force= Eq

so what is the mass? density*volume

so you need the density of the oil

q=density*volume*9.8/490 coulombs

number electrons= q/e

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