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Spherical Shell


A spherical shell is a generalization of an annulus to three dimensions. A spherical shell is therefore the region between two concentric spheres of differing radii.

The spherical shell is implemented in the Wolfram Language as SphericalShell[{x, y, z}, {b, a}].


See also

Annulus, Ball, Chord, Sphere, Spherical Helix

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Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Spherical Shell." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalShell.html

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