Definition:Surface Charge
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Definition
Let $B$ be a body made out of an electrically conducting substance.
A surface charge is an electric charge localised to the first few atoms depth of $B$.
Also see
- Electric Field induces Surface Charge in Conductor: how a surface charge comes about.
- Results about surface charges can be found here.
Sources
- 1990: I.S. Grant and W.R. Phillips: Electromagnetism (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Force and energy in electrostatics: $1.3$ Electric Fields in Matter: $1.3.3$ The macroscopic electric field