Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 24, Problem 36P
An ion channel in a cell membrane carries 2.4 pA when it’s open, which is only 20% of the time, (a) What’s the average current in the channel? (b) If the channel opens for 1.0 ms, how many singly ionized ions pass through in this time?
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