Electric Fields of Charge Distributions

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continuous, electric field

The charge distribution being __________ helps us to generalize the definition of the ______________

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infinitesimal, piece, point charge

We divide the charge into _____________ pieces and treat each _____ as a ____________.

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Discrete charge distribution

Consists of separate point charges with no spatial extent.

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Continuous charge distribution

Charge is spread over an area or volume with at least one nonzero dimension.

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λ

Symbol that represents linear charge density

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C/m

SI unit of linear charge density

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σ

Symbol that represents surface charge density

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C/m²

SI unit of Surface charge density

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ρ

Symbol that represents volume charge density.

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C/m³

SI Unit of the volume charge density