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A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 3 xx 10^(-7)C. (a) Estimatethenumberofelectrons transferred (from which to which ?) (b) Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene ?

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SOLUTION :When N no. of electron get TRANSFERRED from wool to polythene, it gets a negative charge, q = - Ne(Where e = magnitude of charge of one electron)
`therefore N =-q/e`
`=-(-3.2 xx 10^(-7))/(1.6 xx 10^(-19))`
`N = 2 xx 10^(12)`
Here, N no. of electrons are transferred from wool to polythene. Hence, wool loses mass of N no. of electrons and polythene gains mass of N no. of electrons. Thus, mass transferred in this process.
`= Nm_(e)`
`=2 xx 10^(12) xx 9.1 xx 10^(-31)` kg
`=1.82 xx 10^(-18)` kg
(Above mass is negligibly small)


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