Spherical capacitor

ID: spherical-capacitor

Spherical capacitor by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-14
Two concentric conducting spherical shells of radii with charges have an electric field only in the intervening vacuum: by Gauss's law. Integrating gives a potential difference , and hence the displayed capacitance. The electrostatic energy is , either by charging work or by integrating over the gap.

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