RE: Capacitance of Adjacent Spheres

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Original poster: Harvey Norris <harvich-at-yahoo-dot-com> 


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "David Thomson" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
 >
 >
 > Hi Mike,
 >
 > Thanks for your suggestion.  However, there are
 > different equations for
 > calculating the capacitance of "adjacent" spheres
 > and "concentric" spheres.
 > Antonio is heading me in the right direction, but
 > I'm hoping to gain some
 > clarity on his equation.

A useful exercize is to calculate the Polar
Capacitance of each sphere, and if I recall correctly,
the difference between these values will be the
capacity between the spheres. Of course there is a
standard formula for those things also, but a quick
check of both formulations shows agreement.
hdn