You're 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 1 (19.02 KiB) Viewed 28 times

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 37.40 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 (see Example 37.3 for relevant parameters). You compare this with the electrostatic attraction at this compression. What do you find?
(37.4) U=-a- ke² To To [-]