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Chapter 19 Problem 67P

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Problem 67P

BIO Nerve Cells Nerve cells are long, thin cylinders along which electrical disturbances (nerve impulses) travel. The cell membrane of a typical nerve cell consists of an inner and an outer wall separated by a distance of 0.10 μ m. The electric field within the cell membrane is 7.0 × 105 N/C. Approximating the cell membrane as a parallel-plate capacitor, determine the magnitude of the charge density on the inner and outer cell walls.

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Here we need to calculate the charge density on the inner and outer cell walls by assuming the cell membrane as a parallel-plate capacitor.

The distance between the inner and outer wall is given to be  with area  and the electric field within the cell membrane is given to be . Let the charge density on the walls be .

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

BIO Nerve Cells Nerve cells are long, thin cylinders along

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