IB Physics HL D.2.5 Charge Transfer Question Bank

A conducting sphere has radius 48 cm . The electric potential on the surface of the sphere is $3.4 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{~V}$.

The sphere is connected by a long conducting wire to a second conducting sphere of radius 24 cm . The second sphere is initially uncharged.

Describe, in terms of electron flow, how the smaller sphere becomes charged.