2.16 (a) Show that the normal component of the electrostatic field has a discontinuity from one side of a charged surface to another given by
whereis a unit vector normal to the surface at a point and σ is the surface charge density at that point. (The direction ofis from side 1 to side 2.) Hence, show that just outside a conductor, the electric field is σ/ε0.
(b) Show that the tangential component of the electrostatic field is continuous from one side of a charged surface to another.
[Hint: For (a), use Gauss’s law. For, (b) use the fact that work done by the electrostatic field on a closed loop is zero.]
Electric field on one side or a charged body Is Ei and electric field on the other side of the same body is E2. If infinite plane charged body has a uniform thickness, then electric field due to one surface of the charged body Is given by,
Where,
= Unit vector normal to the surface at a point a Surface charge
density at that point.
Electric field due to the other surface of the charged body,
Electric field at any point due to the two Surfaces,
Since inside a closed conductor, ,
Therefore, the electric field just outside the conductor is .
(b) When a charged particle is moved from one point to the other on a closed-loop, the work done by the electrostatic field is zero. Hence, the tangential component of the electrostatic field is continuous from one side of a charged surface to the other.
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