Electrolytic tank solution of electric field associated with two circular disks on the surface of an isotropic homogeneous medium.

Abstract

The electric field associated with two disks on the surface of a semi-infinite isotropic homogeneous medium is found on a plane perpendicular to the disks and passing through their centers. To an accuracy which is primarily determined by the finite dimensions of the electrolytic tank, the solution is presented as families of curves. In this presentation, the magnitude of the electric field (normalized in terms of the distance of the field point from the surface, conductivity of the medium, and applied power) and the angular orientation of the field vector are plotted as functions of the ratios of the linear dimensions which characterize the geometry of the system to the distance of the field point from the surface.