Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge / 2010 / Paper 2B / Section B / B9 / Solution 2026-10-20
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The image charge for a grounded conducting sphere is at radius . With symmetric real charges, their exact force-balance equation has a solution close to . Holding potential adds force to the grounded result, approximately at that separation.
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