Let be the stated Maxwell stress tensor. Taking its divergence and usinggivesThe Maxwell equations in vacuum with sources areSubstitution, together with antisymmetry of the cross product, yieldsTherefore the required vector is the electromagnetic momentum densityandThis is local conservation of electromagnetic momentum. The tensor component is the flux of -momentum in the direction in the convention of the question, is field momentum per unit volume, and is the Lorentz force density transferred to matter.
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