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Electrostatic Fields

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Figure 4.1 Coulomb vector force on point changes Q1 and Q2.

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Figure 4.2 (a), (b) Like charges repel. (c) Unlike charges attract.

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Figure 4.3 Suspended charged particles; for Example 4.2.

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Figure 4.4 Electrostatic separation of solids; for Example 4.3.

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Figure 4.5 Various charge distributions and charge elements.

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Figure 4.6 Evaluation of the E field due to a line charge.

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Figure 4.7 Evaluation of the E field due to an infinite sheet of charge.

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Figure 4.8 Evaluation of the E field due to a volume charge distribution.

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Figure 4.9 Charged ring; for Example 4.4.

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Figure 4.10 For Example 4.6: (a) three charge distributions, (b) finding r and ar on plane y = 1.

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Figure 4.11 Flux density D due to a point charge and an infinite line charge.

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Figure 4.12 Illustration of Gauss’s law: flux leaving v1 is 5 nC and that leaving v2 is 0 C.

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Figure 4.13 Gaussian surface about a point charge.

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Figure 4.14 Gaussian surface about an infinite line charge.

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Figure 4.15 Gaussian surface about an infinite line sheet of charge.

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Figure 4.16 Gaussian surface for a uniformly charged sphere when (a) r  a and (b) r a.

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Figure 4.17 Sketch of D against r for a uniformly charged sphere.

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Figure 4.18 Displacement of point charge Q in an electrostatic field E.

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Figure 4.19 The conservative nature of an electrostatic field.

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Figure 4.20 An electric dipole.

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Figure 4.21 Equipotential surfaces for (a) a point charge and (b) an electric dipole.

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Figure 4.22 Assembling of charges.

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Figure 4.23 (a) Wrist strap. (b) Foot grounders.

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Figure 4.24 A typical ESD-protected workstation.

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Figure 4.25 For Problem 4.6.

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Figure 4.26 For Problem 4.44.

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