A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively charged liquid sphere of surface area A separated from the surrounding negatively charged fluid by a membrane of thickness t. Tiny electrodes introduced into the interior of the cell show a potential difference of 100 mV across the membrane. The membrane's thickness is estimated to be 96 nm and has a dielectric constant of 5.00.
(a) If an average red blood cell has a mass of 1e-12 kg, estimate the volume of the cell and thus find its surface area. The density of blood is 1100 kg/m3.
volume | = m3 |
surface area | = m2 |
(b) Estimate the capacitance of the cell by assuming the membrane
surfaces act as parallel plates.
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(c) Calculate the charge on the surface of the membrane.
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How many electronic (elementary) charges does the surface charge
represent?
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A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively...
A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively charged liquid sphere of surface area A separated from the surrounding negatively charged fluid by a membrane of thickness t. Tiny electrodes introduced into the interior of the cell show a potential difference of 100 mV across the membrane. The membrane's thickness is estimated to be 95 nm and has a dielectric constant of 5.00 (a) If an average red blood cell has a...
A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively charged liquid sphere of surface area A separated from the surrounding negatively charged fluid by a membrane of thickness t. Tiny electrodes introduced into the interior of the cell show a potential difference of 100 mV across the membrane. The membrane's thickness is estimated to be 104 nm and has a dielectric constant of 5.00. (a) If an average red blood cell has a...
A model of a red blood cell portrays the cell as a spherical capacitor, a positively charged liquid sphere of surface area A separated from the surrounding negatively charged fluid by a membrane of thickness t. Tiny electrodes introduced into the interior of the cell show a potential difference of 100 mV across the membrane. The membrane's thickness is estimated to be 104 nm and has a dielectric constant of 5.00 (a) If an average red blood cell has a...
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