Charge Distribution on Hollow and Solid Metallic Spheres – Rankers Physics
Topic: Electrostatics
Subtopic: Electric Potential

Charge Distribution on Hollow and Solid Metallic Spheres

Assertion: The distribution of charge given to a metallic sphere does not depend on whether it is hollow or solid.   Reason: The charge resides only at the surface of conductor.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion.
Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Assertion and Reason are false.

Solution:

Since charges repel, they reside entirely on the outer surface of metallic conductors. Thus, the charge distribution is identical for hollow and solid metallic spheres of the same radius.

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