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What is the Geometrical Shape of Equipotential Surfaces Due to a Single Isolated Charge?

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प्रश्न

What is the geometrical shape of equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge?

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उत्तर

For an isolated charge the equipotential surfaces are co-centric spherical shells and the distance between the shells increases with the decrease in electric field.

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2012-2013 (March) Delhi Set 2

संबंधित प्रश्न

Define an equipotential surface.


Draw equipotential surfaces:

(1) in the case of a single point charge and

(2) in a constant electric field in Z-direction. Why are the equipotential surfaces about a single charge not equidistant?

(3) Can electric field exist tangential to an equipotential surface? Give reason


Depict the equipotential surfaces for a system of two identical positive point charges placed a distance(d) apart?


Two identical point charges, q each, are kept 2m apart in the air. A third point charge Q of unknown magnitude and sign is placed on the line joining the charges such that the system remains in equilibrium. Find the position and nature of Q.


Statement - 1: For practical purpose, the earth is used as a reference at zero potential in electrical circuits.

Statement - 2: The electrical potential of a sphere of radius R with charge Q uniformly distributed on the surface is given by `Q/(4piepsilon_0R)`.


Assertion: Electric field is discontinuous across the surface of a spherical charged shell.
Reason: Electric potential is continuous across the surface of a spherical charged shell.


The diagrams below show regions of equipotentials.

(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

A positive charge is moved from A to B in each diagram.


Which of the following is NOT the property of equipotential surface?


Consider a uniform electric field in the ẑ direction. The potential is a constant ______.

  1. in all space.
  2. for any x for a given z.
  3. for any y for a given z.
  4. on the x-y plane for a given z.

Find the equation of the equipotentials for an infinite cylinder of radius r0, carrying charge of linear density λ.


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