Answer to Question #288273 in Physics for jovie

Question

When a rabbit fur is rubbed with a acetate fiber, the fur acquires a change of magnitude 2.23nC.

a. Did the rabbit fur gain or lose electrons?

b. How many electrons were transferred during the process?

c. What is the change in mass of the rabbit fur?

d. What is the change in mass of the acetate fiber?

Answer 1

a. Fur loses electrons.

b. N=Q/e=1.39·10¹⁰.

c. m=m_eN=1.27·10^-20 kg.

d. Here, the change in mass is the same as in (c) above.