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    Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed within that surface. Specifically, it states that the electric flux is equal to the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux depends only on the enclosed charge and not any exterior charges. Gauss's law can be applied to any closed surface, and choosing a symmetrical surface such as a sphere makes calculations easier due to the radial electric field.

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    Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed within that surface. Specifically, it states that the electric flux is equal to the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux depends only on the enclosed charge and not any exterior charges. Gauss's law can be applied to any closed surface, and choosing a symmetrical surface such as a sphere makes calculations easier due to the radial electric field.

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    Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed within that surface. Specifically, it states that the electric flux is equal to the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux depends only on the enclosed charge and not any exterior charges. Gauss's law can be applied to any closed surface, and choosing a symmetrical surface such as a sphere makes calculations easier due to the radial electric field.

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    Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the net electric charge enclosed within that surface. Specifically, it states that the electric flux is equal to the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux depends only on the enclosed charge and not any exterior charges. Gauss's law can be applied to any closed surface, and choosing a symmetrical surface such as a sphere makes calculations easier due to the radial electric field.

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    Gauss’slaw

    ch3
    Gauss’s law
    • The precise relation between the electric flux through a closed surface and the
    net
    • charge Qnct enclosed within that surface is given by Gauss’s law:

    • Q=The charge Qenci is the net charge enclosed by that surface.

    • e0 is the same constant (permittivity of free space


    Gauss’s law
    • Any charge outside this surface must not be included. A charge outside the chosen
    surface may affect the position of the electric field lines, but will not affect the net
    number of lines entering or leaving the surface.
    • how Gauss’s law is related to Coulomb’s law.
    • Because Gauss’s law is supposed to be valid for any surface, we have chosen one that
    will make our calculation easy. Because of the symmetry of this (imaginary) sphere
    about the charge at its center, we know that E must have the same magnitude at any
    point on the surface, and that E points radially outward (inward for a negative charge)
    parallel to dA, an element of the surface area.

    •
    question
    • 1.No. If the net electric flux through a surface is zero, then the net charge contained in the surface is
    • zero. However, there may be charges both inside and outside the surface that affect the electric field
    • at the surface. The electric field could point outward from the surface at some points and inward at
    • others. Yes. If the electric field is zero for all points on the surface, then the net flux through the
    • surface must be zero and no net charge is contained within the surface.
    • 2. No. The electric field in the expression for Gauss’s law refers to the total electric field, not just
    the
    • electric field due to any enclosed charge. Notice, though, that if the electric field is due to a charge
    • outside the Gaussian surface, then the net flux through the surface due to this charge will be zero
    Application of gauss’s law
    • pb. (I) The total electric flux from a cubical box 28.0 cm on a
    • side is 1.84 X 103N •m2/C. What charge is enclosed by
    • the box?

    • solution

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