Finding an electric field on a disk using surface charge density

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Homework Statement



A disk of radius 2.30 cm has a surface charge density of 5.22 μC/m2 on its upper face. What is the magnitude of the electric field produced by the disk at a point on its central axis at distance z = 11.2 cm from the disk?


Homework Equations



Formula for an electric field

The Attempt at a Solution



(int)dEz= sigma/2ep0 (1-z/sqrt(z^2+r^2)
 
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Break up the disk into elementary rings and integrate.