Electric Field in a tiny cubical cavity within three piled disks of charge.

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The discussion focuses on calculating the electric field at the center of a tiny cubical cavity located within a layer of a three-layered disk of charge with uniform densities. The user attempts to solve the problem by calculating the potential from the disk layers but struggles with the potential due to the layer containing the cavity and the normal derivative of the potential. Suggestions are made to consider using the superposition principle to simplify the problem. By superimposing a cube of charge density -ρ2 onto the solid disk, one can effectively account for the cavity's influence on the electric field. This approach may provide a clearer path to finding the solution.
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Homework Statement



A charge distribution has the shape of a very large disk of thickness 3d. This disk has three layers of uniform densities \rho_{1},\rho_{2},\rho_{3} and thickness d each one. Within the layer with density \rho_{2} exists a tiny cubical cavity in such a manner that two of its faces are parallel to the interfaces between layers. Find the electrostatic field at the center of the cubical cavity.

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The Attempt at a Solution



I have tried to solve it basically in two manners. Directly calculating the potential due to the disk layers and using the fact that
\varphi(x)=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_{0}}\int_{V}\frac{\rho}{\left\vert r-r'\right\vert}dV'+\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_{S}\left [ -\phi \frac{r-r'}{\left\vert r-r'\right\vert^{3}}+\frac{\nabla '\phi}{\left\vert r-r'\right\vert}\right ]\cdot n' dS'. My problem in both strategies is that how can I calculate the potential due to the layer where the cubical cavity is and in the second form is how to calculate the normal derivative of potential.

Is there any technic to do this problem easier?
 
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Why not just use the superposition principle?
 
How, give me a hint
 
What happens if you superimpose a cube of charge density -\rho_2 onto a solid 3 layered disk (like the one you describe in your problem statement, but without the cavity)?
 
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