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An isolated conducting sphere of charge Q and radius R is grounded by using a high resistance wire. What is the amount of heat loss ?

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When sphere is grounded it's potential become zero which
means all charge goes to earth
(due to sphere is conducting and isolated) so all energy in sphere is converted into heat so, total heat loss `= (kQ^(2))/(2R)`
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