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Conductors and Dielectrics in an Electric Field

Problem 3.68

Find the electric force experienced by a charge reduced to a unit area of an arbitrary conductor if the surface density of the charge equals \(\sigma .\)

Reveal Answer
dF/dS=1/2σ2/ε0d F / d S=1 / 2 \sigma^{2} / \varepsilon_{0}