Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What is meant by an equipotential surface?
Advertisements
उत्तर
The surface of locus of all points at the same potential.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Two charges 2 μC and −2 µC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.
- Identify an equipotential surface of the system.
- What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?
A man fixes outside his house one evening a two metre high insulating slab carrying on its top a large aluminium sheet of area 1 m2. Will he get an electric shock if he touches the metal sheet next morning?
What is the geometrical shape of equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge?
Draw the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole. Locate the points where the potential due to the dipole is zero.
Define equipotential surface.
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)`.
S1 and S2 are the two imaginary surfaces enclosing the charges +q and -q as shown. The electric flux through S1 and S2 are respectively ______.
Equipotentials at a great distance from a collection of charges whose total sum is not zero are approximately.
Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other?
Draw equipotential surfaces for (i) an electric dipole and (ii) two identical positive charges placed near each other.
