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Acetylene gas is leaking from a cylinder in the immediate vicinity of an insulated conveyor belt which has built up a charge of 2.0µC. If the conveyor belt has a capacitance of 80pF, is there a danger of the acetylene being ignited? Consider both energy and voltage in your answer.

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This solution first calculates voltage from the capacity and charge provided, and then calculates energy of the capacitor in order to determine if the acetylene is at risk of ignition.

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First of all you can compute the voltage U from the given capacity C and charge Q:

U=Q/C = 2*10^(-6)/80*10^(-12) = ...

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