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Homework Statement
Compare the electrostatic energy of two opposite charges e and -e, a distance 7 angstroms apart in water at room temperature and that in vacuum (express the energy in terms of Bjerrum length)
Homework Equations
E = 1/(4(p[itex]\pi[/itex][itex]\epsilon[/itex]D)*(-e^2)/r^2 ?
The Attempt at a Solution
First of all is this the right equation to use? If so, is the Bjerrum length the distance between the charges? And for a vacuum is the dialectic constant (D) just 1?