Charge Density
Charge density is a measure of how Charge is distributed over space. Like Mass Density and other forms of density, it comes in three forms
| Type | Symbol and formula1 | SI unit |
|---|---|---|
| Volume charge density | ||
| Surface charge density | ||
| Linear charge density |
These can all be integrated to ascertain a quantity of total contained charge within a solid, surface, or line respectively. In the solid case
#state/tidy | #SemBr
Footnotes
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In situations where the type of density being referred to is clear, the subscript may be omitted. ↩