Equipotential surfaces - - Pictures

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Equipotential surfaces for various charge configurations include distinct shapes based on the charge distribution. A point charge creates spherical surfaces, while a spherically symmetric charge distribution also results in concentric spheres. A uniformly charged plane sheet generates parallel equipotential lines, and a long, uniformly charged cylinder produces cylindrical surfaces. An electric dipole results in a more complex pattern of equipotential surfaces that resemble elongated shapes. For visual references, the website falstad.com offers useful simulations to explore these concepts.
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Sketch the equipotential surfaces which result from the following charge configurations:
(a) a point charge
(b) a spherically symmetric charge distribution
(c) a very large, plane, uniformly-charged sheet
(d) a long, uniformly-charged cylinder
(e) an electric dipole.

I pretty much know what most of these look like - I was wondering if anyone knows any good websites to get pictures of them from??

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