Measurements show that a honeybee in active flight can acquire an electrostatic charge as great as 93.0 pC.
(a) How many electrons must be transferred to produce this charge?
(b) Suppose two bees, each with a charge of 93.0 pC, are separated by a distance of 1.08 cm. Treating the bees as point charges, find the magnitude of the electrostatic force experienced by the bees.
Compare the force to the weight of a 0.210 g bee.
force / weight=
(a) How many electrons must be transferred to produce this charge?
(b) Suppose two bees, each with a charge of 93.0 pC, are separated by a distance of 1.08 cm. Treating the bees as point charges, find the magnitude of the electrostatic force experienced by the bees.
Compare the force to the weight of a 0.210 g bee.
force / weight=