Equipotential Surfaces

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Equipotential Surfaces: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Equipotential Surfaces, Properties of Equipotential Surfaces, Equipotential Surfaces due to a Dipole & Equipotential Surfaces due to Two Identical Positive Charges etc.

Important Questions on Equipotential Surfaces

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Assertion: Two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.
Reason: Two equipotential surfaces are parallel to each other.

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Assertion(A): Electric field is always normal to equipotential surfaces and along the direction of decreasing order of potential.

Reason (R): Negative gradient of electric potential is electric field.

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Nature of equipotential surface for a point charge is

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The shape of equipotential surface due to point charge is always spherical.

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Draw an equipotential surface in a uniform electric field.

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The current following through a pure inductor of inductance 4 mH is i=12cos300t ampere. What is rms.

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The instantaneous values of current and voltage in an circuit are given by I=6sin100πt+π4,V=5sin100πt-π4. Then

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In an ac circuit the current B i=5sin100t-π2 A and the A.C. potential is V=200sin100t Volt. Then the power consumed is.

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An electric field is directed along the tangent of an equipotential surface.

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The equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge are concentric _____ surfaces. 

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Draw the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole. Locate the points where the potential due to the dipole is zero.

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The equipotential surface of an electric dipole is

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What is the angle between the electric field and the plane of an equipotential surface?

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Some equipotential surfaces, which are normal to x-y plane are shown in the adjoining figure the direction of the electric field is:

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What will be the work done in moving a 200 μC charge from one point to another point at a distance of 10 cm on an equipotential surface?

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What is the shape of equipotential surface for the following: A uniform electric field

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Write two properties of equipotential surface.

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Show that no work is done in moving a test charge from one point to other on an equipotential surface

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What is meant by equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces for a point charge

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What is the shape of the equipotential surface for the following: A point charge.