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simpleton
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Hi,
I would like to ask a question about spherically symmetric charged objects. My teacher told me that you can treat spherically symmetric charged objects at point charges. However, my teacher did not prove it. I guess you have to integrate every small volume on the spherically symmetric charge and find its contribution to the force, but I am not sure how to do that.
Therefore, does anyone know how to prove that, given a spherically symmetric object of radius R and charge density rho, if I place a test charge q x metres away from the centre of the charge, the force experienced by the test charge is k*(4/3*pi*R^2*rho)*q/R^2, where k is 1/(4*pi*epilson-nought).
Thanks in advance.
I would like to ask a question about spherically symmetric charged objects. My teacher told me that you can treat spherically symmetric charged objects at point charges. However, my teacher did not prove it. I guess you have to integrate every small volume on the spherically symmetric charge and find its contribution to the force, but I am not sure how to do that.
Therefore, does anyone know how to prove that, given a spherically symmetric object of radius R and charge density rho, if I place a test charge q x metres away from the centre of the charge, the force experienced by the test charge is k*(4/3*pi*R^2*rho)*q/R^2, where k is 1/(4*pi*epilson-nought).
Thanks in advance.