why surfaces of constant electric potentials are perpendicular to local electric fields line and what the imolications are for ele
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An equipotential surface is the set of points where the electric potential V(r) has the same value (V = constant). An electric field line (or field line) is a curve whose tangent at each point is in the direction of the electric field vector E at that point. Show more…
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