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Electric Field Due to a Sphere and Thin Shell

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Question

A charge is kept at the centre of a shell. Shell has charge Q uniformally distibuted over its surface and radius R. The force on the central charge due to the shell is :

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Solution

The correct option is D zero
Electric field at the centre of shell is zero when charge is uniformally distributed over surface of shell .
Hence the force on the charge at the centre is zero.

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p.	A thin shell of radius a and having a charge – Q uniformly distributed over its surface as shown	1.	$\frac{1}{8 {πε}_{o}} \times \frac{Q^{2}}{a}$ in magnitude
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s.	A solid sphere of radius a and having a charge – Q uniformly distributed throughout its volume. The solid sphere is surrounded by a concentric thin uniformly charged spherical shell of radius $2 a$ and carrying charge $- Q$ as shown	4.	$\frac{27 Q}{60 π ε_{o}} \times \frac{Q^{2}}{a}$ in magnitude

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