2007-06-21 19:03:41 · 4 answers · asked by maddipatla r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Take two point charges, A and B, a distance "d" apart, both having precisely the same charge.
Where is the potential between the two points equal?
Well, obviously at a point halfway between A and B (which would be at 0.5 x d). We'll call that point C.
The plane that is perpendicular to the line connecting A and B (and that contains C) would be an equipotential surface, because every point on that plane would be an equal distance between A and B.
Potential is a function of charge (which is the same for A and B) and distance.
2007-06-28 17:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by nemo456 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One face of a flat-plate capacitor is an equipotential surface. Remember that a conducting body is always at the same potential at all places. If you connected a battery terminal to a flat sheet of metal foil, you'd have a planar equipotential surface with potential equal to that of the battery terminal.
2007-06-21 19:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The question is vague...equipotential in which sense ?...you have to name the field of it: electric, magnetic, gravitational.
2007-06-21 21:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't know...but if two capacitors are in parrallel....they have the same potential...right?
2007-06-26 05:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋