Question
What is not true of equipotential surface?
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Answer
- Equipotential surfaces are always spherical.
Equipotential surface
→ P.D difference between two points on the surface is zero always since potential is same everywhere in equipotential surface.
→ The EF is always perpendicular to the surface because there is no potential gradient along any direction parallel to the surface P so no EF parallel to the surface
→ Equipotential surface can have any shape not just sphere.
→ No work is done in moving a charge along the surface, because potential difference is zero.
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