Physics, 10.09.2019 19:30, AlwaysMarcus5577
In a thunderstorm, electric charge builds up on the water droplets or ice crystals in a cloud. thus, the charge can be considered to be distributed uniformly throughout the cloud. the charge builds up until the electric field at the surface of the cloud reaches the value at which the surrounding air "breaks down."
in general, the term "breakdown" refers to the situation when a dielectric (insulator) such as air becomes a conductor. in this case, it means that, because of a very strong electric field, the air becomes highly ionized, enabling it to conduct the charge from the cloud to the ground or another nearby cloud. the ionized air then emits light as the electrons and ionized atoms recombine to form excited molecules that radiate light. the resulting large current heats up the air, causing its rapid expansion. these two phenomena account for the appearance of lightning and the sound of thunder.
the point of this problem is to estimate the maximum amount of charge that a cloud can contain before breakdown occurs. for the purposes of this problem, take the cloud to be a sphere of diameter 1.00 km . take the breakdown electric field of air to be eb=3.00106n/c .
question 1:
estimate the total charge q on the cloud when the breakdown of the surrounding air begins.
express your answer numerically in coulombs, to three significant figures, using ? 0=8.8510? 12c2/(n? m2) .
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