Electric Dipole Moment of copper and sulphate ions

[kihr]

Homework Statement

The electric dipole moment of a CuSO4 molecule is 3.2 * 10^-32 (i.e. 10 raised to the power of -32)C-m. Find the separation between the copper and sulphate ions.

Homework Equations

Electric deipole moment = 2aq where 2a=separation between the two charges q and -q

The Attempt at a Solution

I am unable to proceed with the given data, because I need to find out the value of q. Please help me with some clues.The answer is 10^-3m. Thanks.

 

[gabbagabbahey]

I suggest you Google "Copper Sulfate" and find out how ionized each component is (eg. If the compound is formed by doubly ionized Copper, you would have \text{Cu}^{2+} and \text{SO}_4{}^{2-} and so q would be 2 times the charge of the electron).