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Electric current in a solid metal conductor is caused by the movement of what ?

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Electric current in a solid metal conductor is caused by the movement of electric charge. An electric current is the flow of electric charge. An electron current, the flow of electrons, contributes to an electric current since the electron 'carries' negative electric charge. The flow of ions also contributes to an electric current in, for example, the electrolyte of an electrochemical cell.

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<em>The final charge on the 6.0 mF capacitor would be 12 mC</em>

Explanation:

The initial charge on 4 mF capacitor = 4 mf x 50 V = 200 mC

The initial Charge on 6 mF capacitor = 6 mf x 30 V =180 mC

Since the negative ends are joined together the total charge on both capacity would be;

q = $q_{1} -q_{2}$

q = 200 - 180

q = 20 mC

In order to find the final charge on the 6.0 mF capacitor we have to find the combined voltage

q = (4 x V) + (6 x V)

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V = 2 V

For the final charge on 6.0 mF;

q = CV

q = 6.0 mF x 2 V

q = 12 mC

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Answer:

σ₁ = $3.167 * 10^{-6}$ C/m²

σ₂ = $7.6 * 10 ^{-6}$ C/m²

Explanation:

The given data :-

i) The radius of smaller sphere ( r ) = 5 cm.

ii) The radius of larger sphere ( R ) = 12 cm.

iii) The electric field at of larger sphere ( E₁ ) = 358 kV/m. = 358 * 1000 v/m

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$358000 = 9 * 10^{9 } *\frac{Q_{1} }{0.12^{2} }$

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σ₁ = $\frac{Q_{1} }{A_{1} }$ = $\frac{572.8 *10^{-9} }{0.180864}$ = $3.167 * 10^{-6}$ C/m².

Surface charge density ( σ₂ ) for smaller sphere.

Area ( A₂ ) = 4 * π * r² = 4 * 3.14 * 0.05² =0.0314 m².

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