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Dave G
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I'm curious about electron trapping by electrostatic force.
A simple scenario can be ...
A perforated, conductive, hollow sphere in a vacuum, connected to a negative high voltage source. I want to calculate how much electrons it can hold (total charge of it). The relation between sphere voltage, radius, total charge.
Sphere is perforated because i do not want to hold the electrons 'physically' like a gas although i don't think that is possible for conductive things.
Simple coulomb's law should be enough but I don't know how to consider individual electrons repealing each other. PLEASE HELP ME.
Thanks.
A simple scenario can be ...
A perforated, conductive, hollow sphere in a vacuum, connected to a negative high voltage source. I want to calculate how much electrons it can hold (total charge of it). The relation between sphere voltage, radius, total charge.
Sphere is perforated because i do not want to hold the electrons 'physically' like a gas although i don't think that is possible for conductive things.
Simple coulomb's law should be enough but I don't know how to consider individual electrons repealing each other. PLEASE HELP ME.
Thanks.
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