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Work required to assemble a Continuous Charge

Distribution: General Case


Consider a dielectric material, fixed in position

∆𝑊 = න ∆𝐷. 𝐸 𝑑𝑉

𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐷 = 𝜀𝐸, 𝑠𝑜 1ൗ2 ∆ 𝐷. 𝐸


= 1ൗ2 ∆ 𝜀𝐸 2 = 𝜀 ∆𝐸 . 𝐸 = ∆𝐷. 𝐸

∴ ∆𝑊 = ∆ න 1ൗ2 𝐷. 𝐸 𝑑𝑉

𝟏
⇒ 𝑾 = න 𝑫. 𝑬 𝒅𝑽
𝟐

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