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Homework Statement
A uniformly charged ball of radius a and charge -Q is at the center of a hollow metal shell with inner raduis b and outer radius c. \The hollow sphere has net charge +2Q.
Determine the Electric Field Strength at r when r is,
r < a
a < r < b
b< r < c
r > c
Homework Equations
I'm struggling with the flux concepts in this case.
The Attempt at a Solution
I guess the main concepts I need clarification on is:
in the hollow sphere, there is flux pointing out from the metal spherical surface, but is there flux pointing into the hollow sphere? (in that case would there be a net flux into the small ball?)
Inside the actual shell of a charged metal sphere ( or inside a charged slab/puck/etc.), what is the flux, is it 0?
Here's my analysis for the problem
So when r < a , the net flux at r only depends on the charge inside the small ball.
When a < r < b, ok so this is where I'm struggling, please tell me if my analysis is wrong,
r is the hollow part, since all the charge gathers on the surface, r has no net charge, so it has no net flux, so its E field is 0?
when b < r < c, this is IN the shell of the charged outer sphere, now I know how to deal with the flux at the surfaces of conductors, so would this be the same thing?
when r > c, this is at a point outside the large sphere, so the flux is related to the net charge of the sphere and the ball