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Physics: Post your doubts here!

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Hi, can someone please explain how to do the graph for part c? this is mj 2016 paper 42
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mj 2016/42 q 9 bii
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Hey guys, I have this doubt that's been bugging me for so long now.

Why is the electric potential inside a charge conducting sphere constant?
Why is the electric field inside a charge conducting sphere equal to zero? (I know that since there is no change in potential, E = 0 but isn't there any explanation for that?)

It'd be really helpful if you guys could clear this for me and I'd love a simple/precise explanation that is A Level based.

Thank you. :)
 
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Hey guys, I have this doubt that's been bugging me for so long now.

Why is the electric potential inside a charge conducting sphere constant?
Why is the electric field inside a charge conducting sphere equal to zero? (I know that since there is no change in potential, E = 0 but isn't there any explanation for that?)

It'd be really helpful if you guys could clear this for me and I'd love a simple/precise explanation that is A Level based.

Thank you. :)
Both questions can be answered by the same fact: electric charge is distributed uniformly inside the conducting sphere.

When outside the sphere, the electric field is not uniform - it is more concentrated nearer the sphere surface. This means there is a "concentration gradient" outside the sphere (with respect to distance).
Electric field is actually a measure of the magnitude of this gradient.
Electric potential is actually a measure of the integral of this gradient.


But when inside the conducting sphere, charge is uniform everywhere, meaning there is no such gradient, or gradient is zero.
Since gradient = 0 everywhere in the sphere:
- Electric field is zero.
- The integral is constant, which means electric potential is constant.
 
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Could really use some help here with this question!

'' A hard ball and a soft ball, with equal masses and volumes, are thrown at a glass
window. The balls hit the window at the same speed. Suggest why the hard ball is more
likely than the soft ball to break the glass window. ''
 
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um..............I am giving my AS level in May/June 2017 session and now I have around 50 days in my hand and what do I do to get most of the marks as in an A and how do I plan my revision time
 
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9702_s15_qp_41, Question 12(c)(i)

Can someone tell me how to solve this question? I tried my method, but it's way off the MS.
Thanks in Advance.
 
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um..............I am giving my AS level in May/June 2017 session and now I have around 50 days in my hand and what do I do to get most of the marks as in an A and how do I plan my revision time
Do a lot of past papers. That's how I revise usually and definitely read the notes.
 
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