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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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A cube of side b has a charge q at each of its vertices. Determine the potential and electric field due to this charge array at the centre of the cube.
Solution:  
The length of diagonal of the cube of each side b is
3b2\sqrt{3b^2} = b3b\sqrt{3}
Distance of any of the vertices from the centre of cube,
= 32\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}} b
V = 8 × 14πε0qr\frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{q}{r} = 8 × 14πε0q3b2\frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{q}{\frac{\sqrt{3}b}{2}} or V = 4q3πε0b\frac{4q}{\sqrt{3}\pi\varepsilon_0 b}
E = 0, as electric field at centre due to a charge at any corner of cube is just equal and opposite to that of another charge at diagonally opposite corner of cube.
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