2007-07-31 23:20:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If the sphere has the density of water, it would weigh 4 grams. For any type of atom, this would be no less than a fiftieth of a mole, which contains about 6*10^23 atoms. No matter what material it's made of, it would contain a number of atoms on the order of 10^22 or 10^23, and if you could singly ionise each atom, you would accumulate a charge between about 1600 and 160000 coulombs, assuming electrons have a charge of 1.6*10^-19 C. Therefore, in theory you would have no trouble charging a sphere of 1cm radius to 1C.
2007-07-31 23:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, sure. If it's a conductive sphere, it will take a voltage of 8.98755179 Ã 10^11 volts above ground to attain this charge.
Practically, that's never going to happen.
2007-08-01 06:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by supastremph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋