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An isolated conducting sphere of charge Q and radius R is connected to a similar uncharged sphere (kept at a large distance) by using a high resistance wire. After a long time is the amount of heat loss?

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When two conducting spheres of equal radius are connected charge is equally distributed on them.
So we can say that heat loss of system
`DeltaH=U_(i)-U_(f)=(Q^(2)/(8pi epsilon_(0)R)-0)-((Q^(2)//4)/(8pi epsilon_(0)R)+(Q^(2)//4)/(8pi epsilon_(0)R))=Q^(2)/(16pi epsilon_(0)R)`
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