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Two charges 2 μC and -2 μC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart. Identify an equipotential surface of the system. What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?

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Two charges 2 μC and -2 μC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.

  1. Identify an equipotential surface of the system.
  2. What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?
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Solution:

  1. Since it is an electric dipole, so a plane normal to AB and passing through its mid-point has zero potential everywhere.
  2. Normal to the plane in the direction AB.

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NCERT Solutions for 12th Class Physics: Chapter 1-Electric Charges And Fields

 

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