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Electric Charges And Fields

Question
CBSEENPH12037222

Calculate the Coulomb force between 2 alpha particles separated by 3.2 x 10–15 m.

Solution
Given,
Charge on an alpha particle, q1 = q2 = +2e 
Distance between the particles, r = 3.2 x 10–15 m

Now, using coulomb's law, we get 
Force acting on the particles as, 

F = 14πεo q1q2r2 F =9×109×2×1.6×10-19×2×1.6×10-193.2 × 10-15 × 3.2 × 10-15N    = 90 N