When the charge is uniformly distributed over a line (straight or circular), the distribution is called linear charge distribution. If a charge Q<\/em> is distributed over the length l<\/em> of the conductor, then its linear charge density ( \u03bb<\/em>) is given by the relation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, linear charge density \u03bb<\/em> can be defined as the charge per unit length of conductor and its SI unit is Cm\u22121<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the charge is uniformly distributed over the surface of a body, the distribution is called surface charge distribution. If Q<\/em> is charge distributed over a surface area S<\/em>, then its surface charge density ( \u03c3<\/em>) is given by the relation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/em> = \u03c3S<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence ,<\/em> surface charge density ( \u03c3<\/em>) is defined as the charge distributed per unit area of the surface and its SI unit is Cm\u22122<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the charge is distributed uniformly over the volume of a body, the distribution is called volume charge distribution. If Q<\/em> is charge distributed over volume V<\/em>, then its volume charge density ( \u03c1<\/em>) is given by the relation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/em> = \u03c1<\/em> V<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, volume charge density ( \u03c1<\/em>) is defined as the charge distributed per unit volume of the conductor and its SI unit in Cm\u22123<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On a conductor or body, charge can be distributed in three ways: 3.11.1 Linear Charge Distribution When the charge is uniformly distributed over a line (straight or circular), the distribution is called linear charge distribution. If a charge Q is distributed over the length l of the conductor, then its linear charge density ( \u03bb) is given by the relation: Hence, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[405],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrostatics-and-capacitors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-13.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"img\"\/](\"https:\/\/learning.oreilly.com\/api\/v2\/epubs\/urn:orm:book:9789332558311\/files\/images\/page141_1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3.11.2 Surface Charge Distribution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3.11.3 Volume Charge Distribution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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