Consider a container of 2.0 g of hydrogen, H2 (one mole). Suppose you removed all the electrons and moved them to the other side of the earth

(Earth's radius is 6380 km, k = 1/4??0 = 9.0 × 109 N ? m2/C2, NA = 6.022 × 1023 molecules/mol, e = 1.60 × 10-19 C)
(a) How much charge is left behind after you remove the electrons?
(b) What electric force do the protons exert on the electrons after they are separated as described?


(a) 1.9 × 105 C (b) 2.1 MN

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