Potential inside a hollow charged spherical conductor:
Correct answer: A. is constant
- A. is constant
- B. varies directly as distance from centre
- C. varies directly as square of distance from the centre
- D. varies inversely as distance from centre
Explanation
The electric potential inside a hollow charged spherical conductor is constant. This is because the electric field inside a hollow conductor is zero, and therefore, no work is done in moving a charge from one point to another inside the conductor. As a result, the potential difference between any two points inside the conductor is zero, and the potential throughout the interior is uniform and equal to the potential on the surface.As;V=Q/4πϵ0 rwhere ( ϵ0 ) is the vacuum permittivity. This potential is the same at all points inside the hollow spherical conductor.
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