equipotential

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

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

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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

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And just as the lines of flow of heat meet the spherical isothermal surface at right angles, so the lines of force in the electrical case meet the equipotential surface also at right angles.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew