Exterior of a sphere

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For both a conducting sphere and an insulating sphere, the external field depends only on the total charge, whether it is distributed on the surface (conducting sphere) or throughout the interior (insulating sphere).

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External electric field of a sphere

Description

Since Gauss's law states that the total flow of electric field through a closed surface is proportional to the enclosed charge, using 11377:

equation=11377

can be applied to the case of a single surface Surface ($S$) corresponding to a sphere of radius Radius ($r$):

equation=4665

With this you finally obtain:

equation

ID:(224, 'gm')


Exterior of a sphere

Description

Calculations


First, select the equation:   to ,  then, select the variable:   to 

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Calculations

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Variables

Symbol
Text
Variable
Value
Units
Calculate
MKS Value
MKS Units
$r$
r
Radius
m
$\epsilon$
epsilon
Dielectric constant
-
$Q$
Q
Charge
C
$E_e$
E_e
Electric field, sphere, outer
V/m
$\epsilon_0$
epsilon_0
Electric field constant
C^2/m^2N

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