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A Van De Graaff Generator Has a Spherical Dome of Radius

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A Van de Graaff generator has a spherical dome of radius 12 cm.Operating in dry air,where "atmospheric breakdown" is at Emax = 3.0 × 106 N/C,what is the maximum charge that can be held on the dome? (ke = 8.99 × 109 N⋅m2/C2)


A) 4.8 × 10−6 C
B) 1.3 × 10−5 C
C) 2.7 × 10−5 C
D) 3.3 × 10−6 C

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