A piece of tape is pulled from a spool and lowered toward a 130-mg scrap of paper. Only when the tape comes within 8.0 mm is the electric force magnitude great enough to overcome the gravitational force exerted by Earth on the scrap and lift it.
Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric force exerted by the tape on the paper at this distance.
Express your answer to two significant digits and include the appropriate units. Enter positive value if the force is directed upward and negative value if the force is directed downward.
So, electric force FE = 12.75 * 10-4N, in upward direction
A piece of tape is pulled from a spool and lowered toward a 130-mg scrap of...
Common transparent tape becomes charged when pulled from a dispenser. If one piece is placed above another, the repulsive force can be great enough to support the top piece's weight. Assuming equal point charges (only an approximation), calculate the magnitude of the charge if electrostatic force is great enough to support the weight of a 10.0 mg piece of tape held 0.50 cm above another. (The magnitude of this charge is consistent with what is typical of static electricity.)