Question

Remember that the definition of an ampere is:1 Ampere = 1 Coulomb/secondAnd remember that its electrical charge is +e per proton.Their produced current was 1 microAmp = 1μA = 1 × 10−6 A.Using proportions, that’s enough information to calculate how many protons per second they were able to generate.

Answer 1

6.25*10^12 protons per second

Explanation:

We have that the electric charge of a proton is the following:

`p=1.6\cdot10^(-19)C`

We know that the current I is equal to 1 microampere, therefore we can calculate the number of protons in this charge as follows:

`\begin{gathered} 1\mu A\cdot(10^(-6)A)/(1\mu A)=10^(-6)A=10^(-6)(C)/(s) \\ \text{ therefore:} \\ 10^(-6)(C)/(s)\cdot\frac{1\text{ proton}}{1.6\cdot10^(-19)C}=6.25\cdot10^(12)\cdot\frac{\text{ protons}}{s} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, there is a flow of 6.25*10^12 protons per second