Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 23, Problem 73PP
Among the capacitors that store energy at NIF are 1200 300-μF units charged to about 20 kV. The energy stored in each capacitor is about
- a. 3 J.
- b. 20 kJ.
- c. 60 kJ.
- d. 400 MJ.
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