Electric field of uniformly charged plane

The electric field strength of a uniformly charged plane is proportional to its charge density.

Notation:

  1. \(\varepsilon_0\) (epsilon_0) is vacuum_permittivity.

Conditions:

  1. The plane is thin, i.e. its thickness approaches zero.

  2. The plane is in vacuum.

Links:

  1. Electric field of a uniformly charged plane

electric_field_strength

electric_field_strength.

Symbol:

E

Latex:

\(E\)

Dimension:

voltage/length

surface_charge_density

surface_charge_density.

Symbol:

sigma

Latex:

\(\sigma\)

Dimension:

charge/area

law

E = sigma / (2 * epsilon_0)

Latex:
\[E = \frac{\sigma}{2 \varepsilon_0}\]