Consider the Earth and a cloud layer 800 m above the planet to be the plates of

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Consider the Earth and a cloud layer 800 m above the planet to be the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor.
(a) If the cloud layer has an area of 1.0 km2 = 1.0 x 106 m2, what is the capacitance?
(b) If an electric field strength greater than 3.0 x 106 N/C causes the air to break down and conduct charge (lightning), what is the maximum charge the cloud can hold?

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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0495113690

7th Edition

Authors: Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, Chris Vuille, Charles A. Bennett

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