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Electric field, solid sphere inside hollow sphere

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Start date Oct 28, 2011
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Eastonc2

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Oct 28, 2011

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basically, my question is this, in relation to this diagram, https://www.physicsforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12482&d=1202140386
wouldn't the electric field between the solid sphere and the hollow sphere be a uniform field?

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Eastonc2 said:

wouldn't the electric field between the solid sphere and the hollow sphere be a uniform field?

No. Why would you think it would?

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