Electricity and Magnetism --> Electric Fields and Potential --> Electrostatic Potential Scroll Up Main Catalog
Sroll Down Main Catalog

Charged Ovoid
EM-b3c



Use a proof plane and an electroscope to compare charge densities at different points on an egg-shaped conductor.


Fishbane Chapter:   25.6
HRW 6th:   25.3
Reese Chapter:   17.5
Purcell Chapter:   3.4
SJ 3rd Chapter:   20.6
PIRA DCS classification:   5B30.20

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University