Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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A spherical capacitor is made up of two concentric spherical conductors. The inner sphere has positive charge +Q, and the outer sphere has negative charge −Q. The radius of the inner sphere is rin, and the radius of the outer sphere is rout. Show that its capacitance is C = 4πε0[rinrout/(rout − rin)].
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