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The intensity of the electric field required to keep a water drop of radius ${10^{ - 5}}\, cm$ just suspended in air when charged with one electron is approximately
A
$260\,volt/cm$
B
$260\,newton/coulomb$
C
$130\,volt/cm$
D
$130\,newton/coulomb$
Solution
(b) For balance $mg = eE$ $==>$ $E = \frac{{mg}}{e}$
Also $m = \frac{4}{3}\pi \,{r^3}d = \frac{4}{3} \times \frac{{22}}{7} \times {({10^{ – 7}})^3} \times 1000\,kg$
$==>$ $E = \frac{{4/3 \times 22/7 \times {{({{10}^{ – 7}})}^3} \times 1000 \times 10}}{{1.6 \times {{10}^{ – 19}}}}$= $260\, N/C$
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