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    This document discusses electric flux and Gauss's law. It defines electric flux as the rate of flow of the electric field through a given surface and gives the formula for calculating flux as Φ=EA, where E is the electric field and A is the area. It explains that flux depends on the orientation of the electric field and area vector, and is greatest when they are parallel. Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed by the surface, given by the formula Φ=Q/ε0, where Q is the total charge enclosed and ε0 is the permittivity of free space.

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    This document discusses electric flux and Gauss's law. It defines electric flux as the rate of flow of the electric field through a given surface and gives the formula for calculating flux as Φ=EA, where E is the electric field and A is the area. It explains that flux depends on the orientation of the electric field and area vector, and is greatest when they are parallel. Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed by the surface, given by the formula Φ=Q/ε0, where Q is the total charge enclosed and ε0 is the permittivity of free space.

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    This document discusses electric flux and Gauss's law. It defines electric flux as the rate of flow of the electric field through a given surface and gives the formula for calculating flux as Φ=EA, where E is the electric field and A is the area. It explains that flux depends on the orientation of the electric field and area vector, and is greatest when they are parallel. Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed by the surface, given by the formula Φ=Q/ε0, where Q is the total charge enclosed and ε0 is the permittivity of free space.

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    ELECTRIC FLUX &

    GAUSS LAW
    Arrange the jumbled letters
    for each item to describe what
    is being shown in the picture.
    ELECTRIC CHARGE
    ELECTRIC FIELD
    ELECTRIC FORCE
    ELECTRIC FLUX
    &
    GAUSS LAW
    01
    STEM_GP12EMIIIa-12
    Calculate electric flux
    02
    STEM_GP12EMIIIa-13
    Use Gauss’s Law to infer electric field due to
    uniformly distributed charges on long wires,
    spheres and large plates
    ELECTRIC FLUX
    Φ
    Is the rate of flow of
    electric field through a
    given surface.
    ELECTRIC FLUX
    We define the electric flux Φ ,
    E of the electric field E,
    through the surface A, as:
    Φ=EA
    A
    Φ = E A cos ϴ
    Area A 2

    Where: Φ= Nm
    A is a vector normal to the surface C
    (magnitude A, and direction normal to the surface).
    ϴ is the angle between E and A
    ORIENTATION OF ELECTRIC
    FLUX
    Calculate the flux
    of the electric field
    E through the
    surface A, in each
    of the three cases
    shown:
    ORIENTATIONS OF ELECTRIC FLUX
    Φ = E A cos 0 Φ = E A cos 90 Φ = E A cos <90/>90
    What if the surface is curved, or the field
    varies with position?
    Φ=E A
    02 03
    The flux through dA is To obtain the total
    dA dΦ = E dA cos ϴ flux
    ϴ dΦ = E dA we need to integrate
    A E over the surface

    Divide the surface


    01 into small regions Φ = dΦ = E dA
    with area dA
    In the case of a closed surface

    Φ = dΦ = E dA
    Φ = E4πR²
    The closed surface is often called a
    dA gaussian surface.
    ϴ
    E
    CLOSED SURFACE
    The flux is positive for field lines that leave the enclosed volume
    The flux is negative for field lines that enter the enclosed volume
    GAUSS LAW
    Gauss’s law is an expression of the
    general relationship between the net
    electric flux through a closed surface
    and the charge enclosed by the
    surface.
    GAUSS LAW
    Gaussian
    surface dA is parallel to E at any
    point
    r
    dA
    +
    q E
    GAUSS LAW
    Gaussian More charges in a
    surface
    Gaussian surface
    r
    +
    + dA
    +
    + q E
    +
    GAUSS LAW
    TOTAL MAGNITUDE OF CHARGES IN A GAUSSIAN
    SURFACE

    ΣQ
    ELECTRIC FLUX

    Φ= ɛ enclosed

    0 PERMITTIVITY OF FREE
    SPACE
    8.85x10¯¹² Nm²
    GAUSS LAW
    ΣQ
    Φ= ɛ enclosed

    0
    The electric flux going through a closed
    surface is the sum of all charges Q
    inside the closed surface divided by the
    permittivity of free space

    KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS


    1. What is the electric flux through a
    sphere that has a radius of 1.00 m
    6
    and carries a charge of +1.00x10¯
    C at its center?
    2. The following charges are located
    inside a submarine: 5.00 µC, -9.00 µC,
    27.0 µC and -84.0 µC. Calculate the
    net electric flux through the hull of the
    submarine.
    3. A circular plane, with a radius of
    2.2 m, is immersed in an E-field
    with a magnitude of 800 N/C. The
    field makes an angle of 20° with the
    plane. What is the magnitude of the
    flux through the plane?
    4. Determine the electric flux for a
    Gaussian surface that contains 100
    million electrons.
    CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
    1. It is the rate of flow of electric field through
    a given surface.
    A. Electric Force
    B. Electric Field
    C. Electric Flux
    D. Area Vector
    2. The flux is positive (+) when the field
    lines came from inside to outside of the
    surface area.
    A. True
    B. False
    3. This law states that the electric flux
    going through a closed surface is the sum
    of all charges inside the closed surface
    divided by the permittivity of free space.
    A. Coulomb’s Law
    B. Gauss’s Law
    C. Newton’s Law
    D. Ohm’s Law
    4. What is the formula for calculating
    electric flux?

    A. Φ = E . A
    ΣQr²
    B. Φ = ɛ 0
    C. Φ = kQ
    r²
    5. When the Electric field lines and area
    vector are perpendicular the electric flux
    is calculated as ________.
    A. At the maximum
    B. Zero (0)
    C. The angle is <90°
    D. The angle is >90°
    - Ray Charles

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