You have a neutral balloon.
What is its charge after 12000 electrons
have been removed from it? The elemental charge is 1.6 × 10−19 C.
Answer in units of μC
To determine the charge of the balloon after 12,000 electrons have been removed, we need to calculate the total charge.
Given:
Number of electrons removed (n) = 12,000
Elemental charge (e) = 1.6 × 10^-19 C
The charge can be calculated using the formula:
Charge (Q) = n * e
Substituting the given values:
Q = 12,000 * 1.6 × 10^-19 C
Calculating the charge:
Q = 1.92 × 10^-15 C
To convert the charge to microCoulombs (μC), we need to divide by 10^-6:
Q(μC) = Q / 10^-6
Calculating the charge in μC:
Q(μC) = (1.92 × 10^-15) / (10^-6)
Simplifying:
Q(μC) = 1.92 × 10^-9 μC
Therefore, the charge of the balloon, after 12,000 electrons have been removed, is 1.92 μC.
To determine the charge of the neutral balloon after 12000 electrons are removed, we need to calculate the total charge transferred.
First, let's find the total charge transferred by multiplying the number of electrons removed (12000) by the charge of each electron (1.6 × 10^(-19) C):
Total charge transferred = 12000 electrons × 1.6 × 10^(-19) C/electron
Multiplying these values, we get:
Total charge transferred = 1.92 × 10^(-15) C
Now, to convert the charge from Coulombs (C) to microCoulombs (μC), we need to divide the value by 10^(-6):
Charge in μC = (1.92 × 10^(-15) C) / (10^(-6) C/μC)
Simplifying this expression, we have:
Charge in μC = 1.92 × 10^(-15) / 10^(-6) μC
Finally, we can calculate the charge in microCoulombs:
Charge in μC = 1.92 × 10^(-9) μC
Therefore, the charge of the neutral balloon after 12000 electrons have been removed is 1.92 μC.