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In the case of smooth contact with a zero contact angle between a solid dielectric and a surface, the field at the point of contact exhibits neither a singularity (an infinitely high value) nor a zero value, but it can be significantly high. For the simple case of a spherical or cylindrical conductor resting on an infinitely thick solid dielectric, the field strength at the contact point is expressed by a quadratic function of ε s on the gas side and by a linear function of ε s on the solid side. The ratio ε s is equal to ε B /ε A , where ε B and ε A are, respectively, the dielectric constant, or relative permittivity, of a solid and a surrounding medium. This field behavior was derived analytically by the classical image method by T. Takuma and T. Kawamoto [1, 2]. However, there had been several papers dealing with the field behavior for a zero contact angle published earlier, and these are briefly mentioned here. Further details are provided by T. Takuma and T. Kawamoto [1].
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Takuma, T., Techaumnat, B. (2010). Electric Field for a Zero Contact Angle (Smooth Contact). In: Electric Fields in Composite Dielectrics and their Applications. Power Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9392-9_3
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