Physics Asked on July 1, 2021
It is a question from the Irodov:
Find the capacitance of a system of two identical metal balls of radius $a$ if the distance between their centres is equal to $b$, with $b >> a$. The system is located in a uniform dielectric with permittivity $ε$.
My Working
I made the following assumption:
When the question says b>>a , I ignored induction between the spheres. I just found the potential difference between the capacitors .
Now Potential difference between the two surfaces should be equal to :
$Kq/a – Kq/b -(Kq/b -kq/a)$ $rightarrow $ $2(Kq/a – Kq/b)$
The next step is use to use the relation $Q=CV$ to find the capacitance .
My problem is that the solution ignored the $Kq/b$ term and just uses $Kq/a$.
It would be helpful if someone can provide an explanation for that.
If $bgg a$ (as the problem states), then I would imagine that $$frac{Kq}{b}ll frac{Kq}{a},$$ and so the $Kq/b$ term can effectively be ignored given the approximations being used in the problem.
Correct answer by Philip on July 1, 2021
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