 Surface charge (source code)

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= Surface charge
{title2=$Q_S=\int_S\sigma\,dS$}

<Electric charge> concentrated on a <surface>. Its local amount per unit <area> is the <surface charge density> $\sigma$; in vacuum the jump of the outward normal <electric field> is $\sigma/\epsilon_0$ by <Gauss's law>.

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