Air undergoes dielectric breakdown at a field strength of 3 mv/m. could you store energy in an electric field in air with the same energy density as gasoline? the energy content of gasoline 44* 10^6 j/kg and the density of gasoline is 670 kg/m^3. yes or no.

No

Explanation:

The energy content of gasoline is

while the density is

So the energy density of gasoline is

The energy density of an electric field is given by

where

is the vacuum permittivity

E is the strength of the electric field

For air at dielectric breakdown,

Substituting into the equation,

We see that , so the energy density of the electric field is much lower than the energy content of gasoline, so the answer is No.

a.) travels faster in solids because the particles are closer together.

air is a gas water is a liquid