// Ex10_12 Page:224 (2014) clc;clear; e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C epsilon_0 = 8.85e-012; // Absolute electric permittivity of free space, coulomb-square/N/Sq.m r_0 = 0.32e-009; // Inter-ionic distance of KCl, m V = -e/(4*3.14*epsilon_0*r_0); // Potential energy of K+ and Cl- ions, eV printf("\nThe potential energy of K+ and Cl- ions = %5.3f eV", V); // Result // The potential energy of K+ and Cl- ions = -4.498 eV