equipotential

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

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And just as the lines of flow of heat meet the spherical isothermal surface at right angles, so the lines of force in the electrical case meet the equipotential surface also at right angles.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew