e no component of the force of the field in thedirection of the motion. Therefore all equipotential sur-faces must cut every line of force they meet per-pendicularly. When a charge is laid on a conductor and assumes astate of equilibrium, the surface of that conductor is anequipotential surface.… … Fig. 13. tradictory to the first assumption of equilibrium, hencethe surface of the conductor is an equipotential surface.This is true even if the surface density of the charge onthe conductor varies at different points due to the shapeof the conductor or the proximity of other charges.…
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