Problem 3 (5 points): The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a...
The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 4.2 x 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 1.3 x 10-8 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 5.0. (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +78.7 mV greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? (b) If the charge in part (a) is...
The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 6.5 x 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 1.9 x 10-8 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 4.9. (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +88.6 mV greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? (b) If the charge in part (a) is...
The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 4.70 x 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 9.60 x 10-9 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 5.40 (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +62.4 mv greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? 1.11e-12X (b) If the charge in part (a》...
The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 4.70 x 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 9.60 x 10-9 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 5.40 (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +62.4 mv greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? 1.11e-12X (b) If the charge in part (a》...
The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the membrane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the effective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 6.9 × 10-6 C/m2. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field within the cell membrane? (b) Find the magnitude of the electric force that would be exerted on a potassium ion...
The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the membrane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the effective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 7.2 × 10-6 C/m2. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field within the cell membrane? (b) Find the magnitude of the electric force that would be exerted on a potassium ion...
The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the membrane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the effective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 7.1 10-6 C/m2. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field within the cell membrane? N/C (b) Find the magnitude of the electric force that would be exerted on a potassium ion...
36. E BIO GO The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the mem- brane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the effective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 7.1 x 106 C/m2. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field within the cell membrane? (b) Find the magnitude of the electric force that would be...
36. The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the membrane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the ef- fective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 7.1 x 10-6 C/m2. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field within pont the cell membrane? (b) Find the magnitude of the electric force that de o would be...
The membrane surrounding a living cell consists of an inner and an outer wall that are separated by a small space. Assume that the membrane acts like a parallel plate capacitor in which the effective charge density on the inner and outer walls has a magnitude of 7.1x10^-6 C/m^2. What is the magnitude of the electric field within the cell membrane? Then find the magnitude of the electric force that would be exerted on a potassium ion (K+; charge=+e) placed...