CHAPTER 3

STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS

 Introduction
 Fund. Postulates of Electrostatics in free space
 Colomb’s Law
 Gauss’s Law and Aplications
 Electric Potential
 Material Media in Static Electric Field
 Electric Flux Density and Dielectric Constant
 Boundary Conditions for Electrostatic Fields
 Capacitances and Capacitors
 Electrostatic Energy and Forces
 Solutions of Electrostatic Boundary-Value Problems

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3-1 INTRODUCTION

3-2 Fund. Postulates of Electrostatics

in free space

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3-3 Colomb’s Law

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3-4 Gauss’s Law and Aplications

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3-5 Electric Potential

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3-6 Material Media in Static Electric
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3-7 Electric Flux Density and Dielectric Constant
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3-7 Boundary Conditions
For Electrostatic Fields

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3-9 Capacitances and Capacitors

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3-11 Solutions of Electrostatic
Boundary-Value Problems

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