How much charge can be placed on a capacitor of plate area 15 cm2 with air between the plates before it reaches "atmospheric breakdown" where E = 3.0 × 10^6 V/m? (?0 = 8.85 × 10^?12 C2/N?m2)

a. 4.0E–8 C
b. 1.3E–8 C
c. 1.8E–10 C
d. 5.1E–8 C
e. 1.7E–8 C


a

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