A charged dust particle of radius 5x10-7 m is located in a horizontal electric field having an intensity of 6.28 x 105 Vm-1. The surrounding medium is air with coefficient of viscosity . If this particle moves with a uniform horizontal speed 0.02 ms-1, find the number of electrons in it.
The horizontal force on dust particle is F = qE
If v is speed of particle in air, then by Stoke's Law,
Viscous force
For uniform speed v, we have
If n is the number of excess electrons, then
Substituting given values