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Consider two infinitely large plane parallel conducting plates as shown below. The plates are uniformly charged with a surface charge density $$+\sigma$$ and $$-2\sigma$$. The force experienced by a point charge $$+q$$ placed at the mid point between two plates will be:
Field due to an infinite sheet of charge is
$$E=\frac{\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}$$
For the left plate (+σ):
Field points away from positive sheet, so at midpoint it is toward right.
$$E_1=\frac{\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}$$
For the right plate (−2σ):
Field points toward negative sheet, so at midpoint it is also toward right.
Magnitude
$$E_2=\frac{2\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}=\frac{\sigma}{\varepsilon_0}$$
Net field
$$E=E_1+E_2$$
$$=\frac{\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}+\frac{\sigma}{\varepsilon_0}$$
$$=\frac{3\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}$$
Force on charge +q:
F=qE
so
$$F=\frac{3q\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0}$$
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