Re: Two cocentric conducting shells

From: David Murdock (murdock_at_tntech.edu)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: 22 Jul 2004 10:39:15 -0700

pekkajarvela@email.com (Pekka Jarvela) wrote in message news:<6780c2c2.0407220318.1c789001@posting.google.com>...
> If we have two cocentric conducting spherical shells, with radius a
> and b (a < b) and the potential of the inner shell is f(a) and that of
> outer f(b), what is the potential between the shells?
>
> Answer: f(r) = (bf(b) - af(a) + (f(a)-f(b))ab/r)/(b-a) where a < r <
> b.
>
> How does one get this answer?

Use Gauss' Law to get E_r between the shells. Integrate to get V(r)
between the shells.
---DPM

>
> PJ



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