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Spherical Capacitor Conducting sphere of radius a surrounded concentrically by conducting spherical shell of inner radius b. • Q: magnitude of charge on each sphere • Electric field between spheres: use Gauss’ law Q Q E[4πr2 ] = ⇒ E(r) = 0 4π0 r2 • Electric potential between spheres: use V (a) = 0 – » Z r Z r 1 Q Q dr 1 − V (r) = − E(r)dr = − = 2 4π0 a r 4π0 r a a • Voltage between spheres: Q b−a 4π0 ab • Capacitance for spherical geometry: ab Q = 4π0 C≡ V b−a −Q V ≡ V+ − V− = V (a) − V (b) = +Q b a E tsl106 – p.1/1