Electrostatics 7 Question 9
9. A tiny spherical oil drop carrying a net charge is balanced in still air with a vertical uniform electric field of strength . When the field is switched off, the drop is observed to fall with terminal velocity . Given , viscosity of the air and the density of oil , the magnitude of is
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Solution:
Substituting the value of
Again substituting
Substituting the values we get,