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    Gauss's Law states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to the net charge enclosed divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field multiplied by the area perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law simplifies calculations of electric fields for charge distributions with sufficient symmetry by mapping the field on a surface outside the charge.

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    Gauss's Law states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to the net charge enclosed divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field multiplied by the area perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law simplifies calculations of electric fields for charge distributions with sufficient symmetry by mapping the field on a surface outside the charge.

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    Gauss's Law states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to the net charge enclosed divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field multiplied by the area perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law simplifies calculations of electric fields for charge distributions with sufficient symmetry by mapping the field on a surface outside the charge.

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    Gauss's Law states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to the net charge enclosed divided by the permittivity of free space. The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field multiplied by the area perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law simplifies calculations of electric fields for charge distributions with sufficient symmetry by mapping the field on a surface outside the charge.

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    Gauss's Law

    The total of the electric flux out of a closed


    surface is equal to the charge enclosed
    divided by the permittivity.

    Index
    The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field Electric
    multiplied by the area of the surface projected in a plane field
    perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law is a general law applying concepts
    to any closed surface. It is an important tool since it permits the
    assessment of the amount of enclosed charge by mapping the field
    on a surface outside the charge distribution. For geometries of
    sufficient symmetry, it simplifies the calculation of the electric
    field.

    Another way of visualizing this is to consider a probe of area A


    which can measure the electric field perpendicular to that area. If
    it picks any closed surface and steps over that surface, measuring
    the perpendicular field times its area, it will obtain a measure of
    the net electric charge within the surface, no matter how that
    internal charge is configured.

    Applications More formal statement Gauss' law for magnetism

     
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    Gauss' Law, Integral Form

    The area integral of the electric


    field over any closed surface is
    equal to the net charge enclosed
    in the surface divided by the Index
    permittivity of space. Gauss' law
    is a form of one of Maxwell's Electric
    equations, the four fundamental field
    equations for electricity and concepts
    magnetism.

    Gauss' law permits the evaluation of the electric field in many


    practical situations by forming a symmetric Gaussian surface
    surrounding a charge distribution and evaluating the electric
    flux through that surface.
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    Electric Flux
    The concept of electric flux is useful in association with Gauss'
    law. The electric flux through a planar area is defined as the
    electric field times the component of the area perpendicular to
    the field. If the area is not planar, then the evaluation of the flux
    generally requires an area integral since the angle will be
    continually changing.

    Index

    Electric
    field
    concepts

    When the area A is used in a vector operation like this, it is


    understood that the magnitude of the vector is equal to the area
    and the direction of the vector is perpendicular to the area.

    Magnetic flux

     
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    Applications of Gauss' Law


    Gauss' law is a powerful tool for the calculation of electric fields
    when they originate from charge distributions of sufficient
    symmetry to apply it.

    Index

    Electric
    field

    Electric
    field
    concepts

    Gauss' Law Gaussian surfaces

    If the charge distribution lacks sufficient symmetry for the


    application of Gauss' law, then the field must be found by
    summing the point charge fields of individual charge elements.
    Examples are:

    Finite line charge Charged ring Charged disc

     
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