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A hollow spherical shell is uniformly charged with a total charge Q. Show that the electric field outside the shell is everywhere the same as the field due to a point charge Q located at the center of the shell.
The electric field outside the shell refers to the force per unit charge acting on a charged particle placed outside of a hollow conducting sphere. This field is created by the charges on the surface of the shell and can be calculated using Coulomb's law.
The electric field outside the shell can be calculated using Coulomb's law, which states that the electric field is directly proportional to the magnitude of the charge and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges. This law can be applied to the charges on the surface of the shell to determine the electric field outside.
The electric field outside the shell is considered to be "everywhere" because it exists at all points outside the shell, regardless of their distance from the shell. This is due to the fact that the electric field is created by the charges on the surface of the shell and extends outwards in all directions.
The electric field outside the shell is created by the charges on the surface of the shell, while the electric field inside the shell is created by the charges within the shell. Additionally, the electric field outside the shell is stronger than the electric field inside the shell due to the inverse square relationship between the field and distance from the charges.
Yes, the electric field outside the shell can be zero if there is no net charge on the shell. In this case, the electric field created by the positive and negative charges on the surface of the shell cancel each other out, resulting in a net electric field of zero at all points outside the shell.