Two spherical conductors of radii $4 \mathrm{~cm}$ and $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ are charged to the same potential.…

Two spherical conductors of radii $4 \mathrm{~cm}$ and $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ are charged to the same potential. If ' $\sigma_1$ ' and ' $\sigma_2$ ' be the respective value of the surface density of charge on the two conductors then the ratio $\sigma_1: \sigma_2$ is
  1. 5:4
  2. 3:2
  3. 4:3
  4. 2:1

Solution

Spheres are at the same potential $\begin{aligned} & \therefore \mathrm{V}=\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{q}_1}{\mathrm{r}_1}=\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{q}_2}{\mathrm{r}_2} \\ & \therefore \frac{\mathrm{q}_1}{\mathrm{q}_2}=\frac{\mathrm{r}_1}{\mathrm{r}_2} \\ & \sigma_1=\frac{\mathrm{q}_1}{4 \pi \mathrm{r}_1^2}, \sigma_2=\frac{\mathrm{q}_2}{4 \pi \mathrm{r}_2^2} \\ & \therefore \frac{\sigma_1}{\sigma_2}=\frac{\mathrm{q}_1}{\mathrm{q}_2} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{r}_2^2}{\mathrm{r}_1^2}=\frac{\mathrm{r}_1}{\mathrm{r}_2} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{r}_2^2}{\mathrm{r}_1^2}=\frac{\mathrm{r}_2}{\mathrm{r}_1}=\frac{5}{4} \end{aligned}$ *

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 2)

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