Free surface charge density (not bound density)

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Homework Statement


a parallel plate capacitor has 2 plates separated by a dielectric of rel. permittivity 5.0 are separated by 0.20mm and have area of 5.0 cm2.
Potential difference between the plates is 500V.

I need to be able to calculate the free surface charge density.




Homework Equations


I'm assuming Dout = Din

From boundary conditions D1 ┴ = D2
and D2 ┴ - D1 ┴ = σf

Could someone just confirm what the boundary conditions are so I can say that the free surface charge density is zero or not!


The Attempt at a Solution



I have Dout = Din = ε0Ein + P
so from calculations
P = 4.43x10-9 - (8.85x10-12 x 100)
P = 3.54x10-9 Cm-2

Could I just say;
D1 ┴ = D2 ┴ so there is zero free surface charge density!
 
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Sorry, I should have said.
D1 ┴ is the electric displacement in media 1 perpendicular to a boundary with a different media
D2 ┴ is the electric displacement in media 1 perpendicular to a boundary with a different media

They form the boundary condition
Roodles01 said:
Dout = Din
could have been
D1 = D2.

and P is the polarization of the material.
 
I don't know what you mean by "different media" or "Dout" vs. "Din". There is only one medium, the dielectric of epsilon_relative = 5.

D is continuous from one medium to another along the plates' normal even if there were two or more media, but there aren't.

So V = E x d, d = 0.2mm so you know E.
Then, D = epsilon x E.
And if you know D you know the surface charge density, right?

This ignores fringing effects of course which you have to do since they didn't give you the dimensions of the plates.
 
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