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The Self Potential Energy of Continuous Charge Distributions

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For two conducting concentric spherical shells of radius R1 and R2 respectively with charges Q1 and Q2 respectively find the a)the potential at the common centre b)potential difference between the two spherical shells

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Standard XII Physics