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First could someone actually explain the following question to me!
Consider a hydrogen atom to be a positive point charge e at the center of a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and with total charge -e. Using Gauss' Law, find an expression for the electric field as a function of the distance r from the nucleus. [Hint: Determine the fields of the nucleus and electron separately, then the total field]
As far as I can understand from my notes
flux = Q/permittivity of free space.
so that would mean for the positive charge would be 1.81*10^-8 Nm^2/C.
But after this it no longer makes sense, because one part of my notes says it doesn't depend on the radius of the sphere, but as I read the question, it obviously does.
I'm so confused! Could someone please help me out before I go nuts!
Thanks guys
Consider a hydrogen atom to be a positive point charge e at the center of a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and with total charge -e. Using Gauss' Law, find an expression for the electric field as a function of the distance r from the nucleus. [Hint: Determine the fields of the nucleus and electron separately, then the total field]
As far as I can understand from my notes
flux = Q/permittivity of free space.
so that would mean for the positive charge would be 1.81*10^-8 Nm^2/C.
But after this it no longer makes sense, because one part of my notes says it doesn't depend on the radius of the sphere, but as I read the question, it obviously does.
I'm so confused! Could someone please help me out before I go nuts!
Thanks guys