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Help please, electrons
« on: October 25, 2005, 04:01:08 AM »
Here is the question:

If the time and current are each uncertain by 1 % and the mass of copper is uncertain be 0.1% what is the uncertainty in the calculated electron charge?

Q= I*t , what do i do with the uncertainty of the mass of copper?


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Re:Help please, electrons
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 05:13:38 AM »
IMHO you have to choose which of the two uncertanities should be used.

Hard to tell without knowing anything about the reaction conditions (unknown parameter being called current efficiency).
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