A copper sphere of radius 4 cm carries a uniformly distributed total charge of 5 C in

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A copper sphere of radius 4 cm carries a uniformly distributed total charge of 5 μC in free space.

(a) Use Gauss’s law to find D external to the sphere.

(b) Calculate the total energy stored in the electrostatic field.

(c) Use WE = Q2/(2C) to calculate the capacitance of the isolated sphere.

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Engineering Electromagnetics

ISBN: 978-0073380667

8th edition

Authors: William H. Hayt, John A.Buck

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