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Re: how many volts ?



On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Prof. John P. Ertel (wizard) wrote:

Now I'm confused! In the steady state problem, is there any case where
the E-field is other than normal to the conducting surfaces of the plates?
If there is such a case, ie., with a non-zero E-tangential, how can we
think of that as the "steady state" for electrostatics?


On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, W. Barlow Newbolt wrote:

Hey, Donald. I'm just trying to talk about the case when all of the
field lines do not stay perpendicular to the plates--finite sized plates.
I think that is what Ludwik wanted us to talk about. I agree that John
has completely and elegantly solved the case for infinite plates.

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The field lines are perpendicular at the surfaces, but some of these
field lines are going to end at infinity. They will eventually wind up
radial at infinity from some central point.

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