Grounded conductor within a charged shell

  • #1
2
0
In a question there are two conducting shells of radii a and b (a<b),the outer shell is given a charge Q . And the inner shell is grounded then the potential of that shell was equated to zero and its charge was assumed q.
And it resulted in an equation
KQ/b + Kq/a = 0 this gave q = -(a/b)Q
But when a conductor is grounded then the conductor can be taken as ground itself and then it will be equivalent of saying that we charged the ground with -(a/b)Q charge as the inner shell has this much charge.?
Please help me clear it.
 

Answers and Replies

  • #2
Ground is a large resivor of charges that can be moved where ever needed. The rest of the ground has a charge of (a/b)Q as the opposite is now in that little ball.
 
  • #3
Yeah thanks!
 

Suggested for: Grounded conductor within a charged shell

Replies
5
Views
617
Replies
9
Views
74
Replies
5
Views
394
Replies
3
Views
430
Replies
13
Views
623
Replies
14
Views
589
Replies
7
Views
572
Replies
15
Views
628
Replies
20
Views
1K
Back
Top