equipotential

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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

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Such a surface, therefore, is always an equipotential.

From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst