Physical Chemistry
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Author: Ball, David W. (david Warren), BAER, Tomas
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.3E
Two small metallic bodies are given opposite charges, with the negatively charged body having twice the charge of the positively charged body. They are immersed in water (dielectric constant
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