1) Are equipotential surfaces and electric field lines always straight lines? Un
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1) Are equipotential surfaces and electric field lines always straight lines? Under what circumstances would you not have straight lines for both?
2) Are the equipotential lines with the two parallel electrodes the exact same distance from one another? If not, why do you think this happened?
3) Are the equipotential lines from the second configuration the same distance apart? If not, what does this tell you about the field around the two electrodes?
4) Based on your observations, draw the equipotential surfaces and the electric field lines between the following two conductors. Label which is which.
Explanation / Answer
1. Answer is 'No'. When a conducting, charged sphere is placed in an uniform electric field, the electric field lines and equipotential lines are not straight lines.
2.In the middle part of the space between the elctrodes, the distance between the equipotential lines is same, if the parallel electrodes are very long plates only.
3.Field strength changes with the distance. Not an uniform field
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