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ElectricField,LineCharge

ElectricFieldofLineCharge
Theelectricfieldofalineofchargecanbefoundbysuperposingthepoint
chargefieldsofinfinitesmalchargeelements.Theradialpartofthefieldfrom
achargeelementisgivenby

Theintegralrequiredtoobtainthefieldexpressionis

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Infinitelinecharge
Electricpotentialoffinitelinecharge
Fieldsforotherchargegeometries

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ElectricField:RingofCharge
Theelectricfieldofaringofchargeontheaxisoftheringcanbefoundbysuperposing
thepointchargefieldsofinfinitesmalchargeelements.Theringfieldcanthenbeused
asanelementtocalculatetheelectricfieldofachargeddisc.
Theelectricfieldsinthexyplanecancelby
symmetry,andthezcomponentsfrom
chargeelementscanbesimplyadded.

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Electric
field
concepts

Ifthechargeischaracterizedbyanarea
densityandtheringbyanincrementalwidth
dR',then:

Thisisasuitableelementforthecalculation
oftheelectricfieldofachargeddisc.
Electricpotentialofaringofcharge
Fieldsforotherchargegeometries

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ElectricField:DiscofCharge
Theelectricfieldofadiscofchargecanbefoundbysuperposingthepoint
chargefieldsofinfinitesmalchargeelements.Thiscanbefacilitatedby
summingthefieldsofchargedrings.Theintegraloverthechargeddisctakes
theform

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field
concepts

Electricpotentialofdiscofcharge
Fieldsforotherchargegeometries
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