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Why must electric field line be perpendicular to equipotential surfaces?

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∙ 12y ago

Updated: 4/28/2022

If the field lines were not perpendicular to the surface, then they could be decomposed into components perpendicular and parallel to the surface. But if there is an E-field along the surface, the surface is no longer an equipotential.

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