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Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to (a) a constant electric field in the z-direction, (b) a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains in a constant (say, z) direction, (c) a single positive charge at the origin, and (d) a uniform grid consisting of long equally spaced parallel charged wires in a plane. |
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Answer» Solution :(a) Planes parallel to x-y plane. (b) Same as in (a), EXCEPT that planes differing by a fixed potential get closer as field INCREASES. (c) CONCENTRIC spheres centred at the origin. (d) A periodically varying SHAPE near the GRID which gradually reaches the shape of planes parallel to the grid at far distances. |
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