equipotential

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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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These equipotential lines may be delineated experimentally by attaching the terminals of a battery or batteries to small wires which touch at various places a sheet of tinfoil.

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