Is it possible?

Can electrostatic potential at a point be zero, while electric field at that point is not zero?

Not enough information Yes No

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Bhumika Choudhary
Feb 24, 2016

YES !!!! TAKE FOR EXAMPLE- THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DUE TO ELECTRIC DIPOLE AT ANY POINT ON ITS PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR IS ZERO WHILE ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITY IS NOT ZERO

Tom Engelsman
Nov 3, 2019

Yes it can. If we examine the simple 1-Dimensional case:

E = d V d x , E 0 E = -\frac{dV}{dx}, E \neq 0 ;

the solution is the linear function V ( x ) = E x + V 0 V(x) = -Ex + V_{0} , where V 0 V_{0} is a constant of integration. The electrostatic potential reaches zero at the point x = V 0 E x = \frac{V_{0}}{E} .

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