Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321740904
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Chapter 29 - Potential and Field - Exercises and Problems - Page 865: 71

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We have here an equation of the induced surface charge density on the dielectric in a capacitor, $$\eta_{\rm induced}=\eta_0\left[1-\dfrac{1}{\kappa} \right]$$ We know that the polarized dielectric material forms another capacitor inside the original one, as we see in Figure 29.32 in your textbook. So the net electric field inside the capacitor as one unit is given by $$E=E_0-E_{\rm induced}$$ Hence, $$E_{\rm induced}=E_0-E$$ Multiplying both sides by $\epsilon_0$ since we know that $\eta= \epsilon_0 E$; $$\epsilon_0 E_{\rm induced}=\epsilon_0 E_0-\epsilon_0 E$$ $$\eta_{\rm induced}=\epsilon_0 E_0-\epsilon_0 E$$ $$\eta_{\rm induced}=\epsilon_0 (E_0- E)$$ $$\eta_{\rm induced}= \epsilon_0 E_0 \left(1- \dfrac{E}{E_0}\right)$$ Recalling that $\kappa=E_0/E$, so that $E/E_0=1/\kappa$ $$\boxed{\eta_{\rm induced}= \eta_0 \left(1- \dfrac{1}{\kappa}\right)}$$
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