An axon has the outer part of its membrane positively charged and the inner part negatively charged.

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An axon has the outer part of its membrane positively charged and the inner part negatively charged. The membrane has a thickness of 4.4 nm and a dielectric constant k = 5. If we model the axon as a parallel plate capacitor whose area is 5 μm2, what is its capacitance?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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