Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Chapter 25, Problem 52PQ
FIGURE P25.41 Problems 51 and 52.
Find the surface charge density σ of a sheet of charge that would produce the same electric field as that of a very large flat slab of uniform charge density ρ = 2.00 μC/m3 and thickness 2t = 5.00 cm (Fig. P25.51).
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