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Equipotentials.
You must be able to sketch and interpret equipotential plots.
Potential gradient.
You must be able to calculate the electric field if you are given the electric potential.
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Equipotential lines are another visualization tool. They
illustrate where the potential is constant. Equipotential lines
are actually projections on a 2-dimensional page of a 3-
dimensional equipotential surface. (“Just like” the contour
map.)
Equipotentials.
You must be able to sketch and interpret equipotential plots.
Potential gradient.
You must be able to calculate the electric field if you are given the electric potential.
In three dimensions:
V V V
Ex , Ey , Ez .
x y z
V ˆ V ˆ V ˆ
or E i j k V
x y z
dV
E
d
dV
Er
dr
V V V
Ex , Ey , Ez .
x y z
V
E x (0, 0, 0) Ay 2 2Bx C C
x (0,0,0) (0,0,0)
V
E y (0, 0, 0) (2Axy) (0,0,0) 0
y (0,0,0)
V
E z (0, 0, 0) 0
z (0,0,0)
V
E(0,0,0) 400 ˆi
m