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Answer: CALC The potential energy of a pair of hydrogen
Chapter 7, Problem 34E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
The potential energy of a pair of hydrogen atoms separated by a large distance x is given by \(U(x)=-C_{6} / x^{6}\), where \(C_6\) is a positive constant. What is the force that one atom exerts on the other? Is this force attractive or repulsive?
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QUESTION:
The potential energy of a pair of hydrogen atoms separated by a large distance x is given by \(U(x)=-C_{6} / x^{6}\), where \(C_6\) is a positive constant. What is the force that one atom exerts on the other? Is this force attractive or repulsive?
ANSWER:Solution 34E
The potential energy is,