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Forces and Torques Exerted by the Electric Field on Charged and Polarized Matter

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A Development of the Equations of Electromagnetism in Material Continua

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It is quite clear from the material in Chapter 2 that by definition the force exerted by the electric field on a differential charged volume ρ dV is given by

$$dF = E\rho dV$$
(4.1.1)

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Tiersten, H.F. (1990). Forces and Torques Exerted by the Electric Field on Charged and Polarized Matter. In: A Development of the Equations of Electromagnetism in Material Continua. Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, vol 36. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9679-6_4

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