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Draw three equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains constant along z-direction. How are these surfaces different from that of a constant electric field along z-direction?

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The separation between the equipotential surfaces will gradually decrease along the direction of increment of the electric field (in cas z - axis).
In case of a constant uniform electric field, the equipotential surfaces are equally spaced.
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