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MIT 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002 7 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

E = σ/2εnot, this equation is used for finte sheet of charge. Can we use the same result for finite sheet of charge ? If yes give reasons, if no suggest the changes in the equation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, you cannot use the same result. If you have an infinite charage distribution, it does not matter how far you are away, it will always appear as a huge infinite plane. If you have however a finite sheet, if you are just far enough away, the sheet will look like a point charge. Therefore it will follow the 1/r^2 law instead of being constant as for the infinite sheet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No you can't because of the fringe field

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