A net charge is placed on a hollow conducting sphere. How does the net charge distribute itself? A net charge is placed on a hollow conducting sphere. How does the net charge distribute itself? The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's inner and outer surfaces. The net charge clumps together at some location within the sphere. The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's outer surface. The net charge uniformly distributes itself throughout the thickness of the conducting sphere. The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's inner surface.

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Matthias Kidd

10 March, 07:32

A net charge is placed on a hollow conducting sphere. How does the net charge distribute itself? A net charge is placed on a hollow conducting sphere. How does the net charge distribute itself? The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's inner and outer surfaces. The net charge clumps together at some location within the sphere. The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's outer surface. The net charge uniformly distributes itself throughout the thickness of the conducting sphere. The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's inner surface.

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Madilyn Cordova · Answer 1

The net charge uniformly distributes itself on the sphere's inner and outer surfaces.

Explanation:

In electrostatic condition The charge will be distributed over the surface of the shell,

The electic field outside the sphere is like the charge where concentrated in the center of the sphere, inside the sphere the electric field is cero (quivalent to say the potencial is constant, non electric current flow) If the thickness of the shell is very very thin we just have a charged layer. To keep the above mentioned electrostatic condition the elecrtic field have to be cero in this region too