Answer to Question #284923 in Electricity and Magnetism for snježana

Question

How much force is repelled by two pieces of copper, each weighing 1 g, located at a distance of 100 km, if all the atoms of one and the other piece are "taken away" by electrons, ie all atoms in the samples are completely ionized ?, 

Answer 1

Determine how many atoms of copper there are in 1 g of copper:

$$N=nN_A=\dfrac m{\Mu}N_A.$$

The charge of each atom, therefore, is

$$q=eZN=e\dfrac m{\Mu}ZN_A.$$

The force between the charges:

$$F=\dfrac 1{4\pi\epsilon_0}·\dfrac{q^2}{r^2}=\dfrac 1{4\pi\epsilon_0}·\dfrac{(emZN_A)^2}{(\Mu r)^2},\\\space\\ F=1.718·10^9\text{ N}.$$