ELECTRIC
FIELD AND
ELECTRIC
FLUX
CELESTIE C. APITA
MT II, ESNCHS
Objectives: Electric field
Use Gauss’ law to infer electric field
due to uniformly distributed charges on
long wires, spheres, and large plates.
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Recall:
This was derived from Coulomb’s Law.
Gauss’ Law Electric field
- by Carl Friedrich Gauss
- The total electric flux through a closed
surface is
equal to the total (net) electric charge
inside the
surface, divided by .
- For a positive charge enclosed in an
imaginary
spherical surface:
Conceptual Example 22.4
Electric flux and enclosed charge field
The figure shows
the field produced The net number of field lines leaving a
by two point
closed surface is proportional to the total
charge enclosed by that surface
charges +q and -q
(an electric
dipole). Find the
electric flux
through each of
the closed
surfaces A, B, C,
Test Your Understanding:
Five Gaussian surfaces and six point
charges
The figure shows six point
charges that all lie in the
same plane. Five Gaussian
surfaces --- , , , and --- each
enclose part of this plane,
and the figure shows the
intersection of each surface
with the plane. Rank these
five surfaces in order of the
electric flux through them,
from most positive to most
negative.
Electric field of various symmetric
charge distributions
Charge Distribution Point in Electric Electric Field
Field magnitude
Single point charge Distance r from q
q
Charge q on Outside sphere, r >
surface of R
conducting sphere Inside sphere, r <
with radius R R
Infinite wire, Distance r from
charge per unit wire
length
Quiz Problem 1
Solve by following the GUESS method.
22.7 . BIO The human nerve cells have a net
negative charge and the material in the
interior of the cell is a
good conductor. If a cell has a net charge of -
8.65 pC, what are the magnitude and
direction (inward or outward) of the net flux
through the cell boundary?
Quiz Problem 2
22.8 . The three small spheres
shown in the figure carry
charges , , and . Find the net
electric flux through each of the
following closed surfaces shown in
cross section in the figure: (a) ;
(b) ; (c) (d) (e) .
(f) Do your answers to parts (a)–
(e) depend on how the charge is
distributed over each small
sphere? Why or why not?
Thank you!