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Potential inside sphere with empty cavity
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[QUOTE="bfusco, post: 4539644, member: 400372"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] An insulating sphere of radius R , centered at point A, has uniform chagre density ρ. A spherical cavity of radius R / 2 , centered at point C, is then cut out and left empty, see Fig. (a) Find magnitude and direction of the electric field at points A and B. (b) Find the potential at points A and B. Set V(r → ∞) = 0. (c) Write down an algebraic solution (no integrals!) for E(r) and V (r) for the space outside the larger sphere, r > R. Choose r = 0 at point A, and the radius vector of point C as r = RC . (question1) in the uploaded file [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] (a)First I want to figure out the volume charge distribution, which I wanted to do by finding the the volume of the whole sphere minus the volume of the cavity. [tex] \int_V \rho \cdot dVolume = \frac{4}{3}\pi \rho (R^3-\frac{R^3}{8})=\frac{7}{6}\pi R^3 \rho [/tex] Then to get [itex] E_B [/itex] I wanted to use Gauss' law, but I am not sure how i would set that up because the E field isn't isotropic, so instead I am trying to use the equation for E-field of a volume charge distribution: [tex] E(r)=k\int \frac{dq \hat{s}}{s^2} [/tex] Where i just calculated dq. [itex] s^2=R [/itex], but I am not sure what [itex] \hat{s} [/itex] is [/QUOTE]
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