Recent content by T. Centa

This is a question that is vaguely related to coursework but is more for curiosity. Lets say there are two spheres joined by a thin wire in the presence of an electric field: Assume the conductors initially have no charge. Now I am pretty sure without the wire, the charge distribution would...

O yeah ? But on the large plates from the original capacitor there is an equal an opposite charge ... so is there really a field pulling on some charge (that we agreed wasn't there -- and you re-state that below) ? Sorry I am not sure what you mean by this. The field I am talking about is the...

What exactly requires the charge distribution to be uniform? Just being conductors does not mean the charge distribution has to be uniform.

I fully agree. Leads to two questions: 1. Are the two half-blocks attracting each other while there is electrical contact ? How and why ? 2. And is there something interesting happening when the two touching surfaces are becoming separated ? Not clear to me if you now have decided whether the...

When you put the neutral conductors in the electric field, using Gauss's Law charge will accumulate on the two ends (top end as in the surface on the top conductor closest to the positively charged plate and bottom end as in the surface on the bottom conductor closest to the negatively charged...

Homework Statement Given a situation like this: Where the two blocks are perfectly conducting materials and are touching, will they separate? If they do separate, will they have the net charge values you calculate in the initial setup using Gauss's Law? There are no numbers, it's just...