Question 11 Mark
Write the formula to determine the value of electric field intensity due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Answer
View full question & answer→(i) Electric field outside shell: $E =\frac{q}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 r^2}$
Here, $q=4 \pi R^2 \sigma$ is the total charge on spherical shell
Vector form $\vec{E}=\frac{q}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 r^2} \vec{r}$
(ii) Electric field inside the shell : Due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell, the electric field at all points inside it is zero.
Here, $q=4 \pi R^2 \sigma$ is the total charge on spherical shell
Vector form $\vec{E}=\frac{q}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 r^2} \vec{r}$
(ii) Electric field inside the shell : Due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell, the electric field at all points inside it is zero.

