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Q.A metallic spherical shell is charged to potential +50 V :

(i) What is the potential difference between points A and B ?
(ii) Why is the electric field always perpendicular to the surface of the charged conductor ?
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A conductor in electrostatic equilibrium is an equipotential volume; the field at its surface is always normal to it.

(i) Under electrostatic conditions, the entire volume of a charged conductor (including its surface and interior) is at the same potential — there is no electric field inside a conductor to drive charge (and hence no potential drop) between any two points of the conductor. Since both A (just inside the surface) and B (at the centre) lie within/on the same conductor, VA=VB=+50V_A = V_B = +50 V.

VA−VB=0V_A - V_B = 0

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