
The surface charge density of a conductor is . If the conductor is surrounded by a medium of dielectric constant , the magnitude of electric field just outside the conductor is


Important Questions on Electrostatics
The maximum charge that can be conveyed to a conducting sphere of diameter (breakdown field of air ) is

Two spheres $A$ and $B$ are having radii and carrying charges of , respectively, distributed uniformly. Their centres are separated by . The electric field on the line joining the centres of the spheres will be zero at a distance from the centre of equal to

A conducting sphere of radius has a uniform positive charge density of on its surface. The electric field in in free space at a radial distance of from a point on the surface of the sphere is given by

Two conducting spheres of radii $r_{1}$ and $r_{2}$ are charged to the same surface charge density. The ratio of electric field near their surface is

A charge is placed at the centre of a cube of edge . The electric flux through one of the faces of the cube is

The electric field in a region is radially outward with magnitude . The charge contained in a sphere of radius , centered at the origin is

Cylinder is charged by . Length of cylinder is and radius is . Surface charge density of cylinder is

A metal of surface area is charged with in air. The mechanical force acting on it is (Use:
