and radius are mixed to form a big drop, then the potential of big drop, as compared to small droplet, will be:
If 1000 droplets each of charge
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Assuming drops to be a spherical in shape.
Let charge on smaller drop be q 1 and charge on bigger drop be q 2 .
On mixing all the small drops, q 2 = 1 0 0 0 q 1 .
Volume of 1000 drops (radius r 1 ) = Volume of bigger drop (radius r 2 )
⇒ 1 0 0 0 × 3 4 π r 1 3 = 3 4 π r 2 3 ⇒ 1 0 r 1 = r 2
Therefore, radius of bigger drop is 10 times the radius of smaller drops.
As, ⇒ V 1 = r 1 k q 1 ( V 1 = potential of smaller drop )
⇒ V 2 = r 2 k q 2 = 1 0 r 1 1 0 0 0 k q 1 = 1 0 0 V 1 ( V 2 = potential of bigger drop )