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Why does the potential of A decrease when plate B is nearby?
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[QUOTE="Tryhard314, post: 6268619, member: 669845"] [B]Summary::[/B] if Plate A had a potential of 9V, This means as We approach a unit charge from +Infinity to A we have to do this precise amount of work Now we remove plate A, And replace it with plate B that has a potential of -9V Again that means to go from +Infinity To B we actually gain energy, or in other words to go from B to +Infinity we have to do this amount of work. Now What is the potential of A if plate B is nearby (at a distance D). if Plate A had a potential of 9V, This means as We approach a unit charge from +Infinity to A we have to do this precise amount of work Now we remove plate A, And replace it with plate B that has a potential of -9V Again that means to go from +Infinity To B we actually gain energy, or in other words to go from B to +Infinity we have to do this amount of work. Now What is the potential of A if plate B is nearby (at a distance D). [MEDIA=youtube]id=qyP1xZCB62E;list=PLyQSN7X0ro2314mKyUiOILaOC2hk6Pc3j[/MEDIA] (Minute 14) Like in this video of professor Walter Lewin he explain pretty intuitively That since the potential of A is the work we have to do to bring a unit charge To A, and B is attracting this unit charge, The potential of A goes down. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Parrelel.png"]253538[/ATTACH] In my opinion this is true but only on the left side of the image, Since the attraction of the negative plates opposes the repulsion of the positive plate,But inside the separation if you want to approach the positive plate you need to overcome the repulsion of the positive plate And the attraction of the Negative plate (if you came from the right then entered the separation), 1 ) doesn't this you have to put in more work in order to approach A? 2 ) inside the separation between the plates do we have the original 18v potential difference or a lower one because outside the separation forces counter each other but inside it they add so it's difficult to understand why the potential gets lower(don't use conservation of energy please). 3 )if you approach A from the right side of + infinity it should be equal to approaching it from the left side since efield are conservative but that doesn't help me understand why. But it does awnser partially the last question since it tells that the energy you gain approaching the negative plate helps push the positive charge inside the separation and the total network should be the same as if you approached from the left (i understood why it should be the same not WHY IT IS the same) I numbered the questions so you can follow easily , Thanks for your time! (I thought i understood athis topic when I first studied it but when revising I got really really confused if you clarify this for me I would be grateful) [/QUOTE]
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