Aspecimen of aluminum having a rectangular cross section 9.6 mm × 12.9 mm (0.3780 in. × 0.5079 in.) is pulled in tension with 35600 n (8003 lbf) force, producing only elastic deformation. the elastic modulus for aluminum is 69 gpa (or 10 × 106 psi). calculate the resulting strain.

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 7.0 × 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 (k+; charge = +e) placed inside the membrane.

At an oceanside nuclear power plant, seawater is used as part of the cooling system. this raises the temperature of the water that is discharged back into the ocean. the amount that the water temperature is raised has a uniform distribution over the interval from 10° to 25° c. what is the standard deviation of the temperature increase?

Find the magnetic field a distance r from the center of a long wire that has radius a and carries a uniform current per unit area j in the positive z direction.