The dome of a Van de Graaff generator receives a charge of 4.9 ✕ 10−4 C. Find the strength of the electric field in the following situations. (Hint: Review properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. Also, use the points on the surface are outside a spherically symmetric charge distribution; the total charge may be considered to be located at the center of the sphere.) (a) inside the dome N/C (b) at the surface of the dome, assuming it has a radius of 3.0 m N/C (c) 5.1 m from the center of the dome N/C

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Electric Charges and Fields

One of the fundamental properties is the electromagnetic property. Charge cannot be destroyed by any process and this contributes formally to the law of charge conservation.