Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed by the surface. It states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to (1/ε0) times the net electric charge enclosed by the surface. Gauss's law can be used to calculate electric fields produced by continuous charge distributions, such as sheets of charge.
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Ch 23_ Continuous Charge Distributions and Gauss’s Law
Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed by the surface. It states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to (1/ε0) times the net electric charge enclosed by the surface. Gauss's law can be used to calculate electric fields produced by continuous charge distributions, such as sheets of charge.
Gauss's law relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed by the surface. It states that the total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to (1/ε0) times the net electric charge enclosed by the surface. Gauss's law can be used to calculate electric fields produced by continuous charge distributions, such as sheets of charge.