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Electric Capacitance, Energy of an Electric Field

Problem 3.139

A spherical shell is uniformly charged with the surface density \(\sigma .\) Using the energy conservation law, find the magnitude of the electric force acting on a unit area of the shell.

Reveal Answer
F1=σ2/2ε0F_{1}=\sigma^{2} / 2 \varepsilon_{0}