Youre researching the possibility of storing radioactive waste in underground salt formations. In support of this idea,

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You’re researching the possibility of storing radioactive waste in underground salt formations. In support of this idea, you’d like to demonstrate that salt is extremely resistant to compression. You differentiate Equation 37.4 to obtain an expression for the force on an ion in an ionic crystal, and then use your result to find the force on an ion in NaCl if the crystal were compressed to half its equilibrium spacing. You compare this with the electrostatic attraction at this compression. What do you find?

ke ro U = -a ro Lr 1 (37.4)

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Essential University Physics

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3rd Edition Volume 2

Authors: Richard Wolfsonby

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