A solid metal sphere, of radius , is insulated from its surroundings. The sphere has charge
. This charge is on the surface of the sphere but it may be considered to be a point charge at its centre, as illustrated in the figure below.
Define capacitance.
Show that the capacitance of the sphere is given by the expression
The sphere has radius . Determine, for this sphere,
the capacitance,
the charge required to raise the potential of the sphere from zero to .