Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 25 - Capacitance - Problems - Page 742: 35e

Answer

$u = \infty$

Work Step by Step

We can find the magnitude of the electric field as $r \to 0$: $E = \frac{1}{4\pi~\epsilon_0}~\frac{\vert q \vert}{r^2}$ $E = \frac{1}{(4\pi)~(8.854\times 10^{-12}~C/V~m)}~\frac{1.6\times 10^{-19}~C}{r^2}$ $E = \infty$ We can find the energy density: $u = \frac{1}{2}~\epsilon_0~E^2$ $u = \frac{1}{2}~(8.854\times 10^{-12}~C/V~m)~E^2$ $u = \infty$
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