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What is the geometrical shape of equipotential surface due to a single isolated charge?

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The equipotential surfaces of an isolated charge are concentric spherical shells.Since the electric field(gradient of potential) decreases with the distance from the charge, the distance between the shells increase with the decrease in electric field and vice versa.

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