equipotential

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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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The potential is the same along each equipotential line, meaning that no work is required to move a charge anywhere along one of those lines.

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Hence the equation to the equipotential curve is r1r2 = a constant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various