Fall 2001
Reading Assignment
Due 9/3:Reading: Halliday, Resnick and Walker (HRW)
Chapter 24 sections 7 - 9
Questions: 1) HRW Ch 24 question 6
2) Equation 24-13 in the reading describes the electric field for an infinite plane of charge. Equation 24-11 is for the same situation but the charge sitting on the surface of a conductor. Why are there two formulas for the electric field for an infinite plane of charge?
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