Name: Saad Ali

Enrollment no: 01-135211-072

Section: BS (IT) 1A
Applied Physics
Assignment no 3

Applications of Gauss’s Law

Field due to an Infinite Long Straight Charged Wire
“The sum of the electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge enclosed divided by the

permittivity,” according to Gauss's Law. The Gaussian surface refers to the closed surface.

The first and most important step is to choose a Gaussian surface. The proportion of the charge

distribution, followed by the proportion of the field, implies a Gaussian surface as a circular cylinder.

Assume we have an infinitely large plain sheet on which positive charges are dispersed equally.

Consider an infinitely long, uniformly charged wire with a constant linear charge density (charge per unit

length). Let P be a location r away from the wire (Figure), and E denote the electric field at P. The

Gaussian surface is a cylinder with a length of l and a radius of r that is closed at each end by plane caps

that are normal to the axis. Consider the Gaussian surface with a very tiny area.

Fig: Infinitely long straight charged wire

By evenness, the greatness of the electric field will be something very similar at all focuses on the

bended surface of the chamber and coordinated radially outward.

If the line charge is positive, the electric field E is radially outward; if the line charge is negative,

the electric field E is radially inward.

2: Electric field due to an infinite charged plane sheet

Consider an infinite planar sheet of metal with a thickness of surface charge... P is a point a long
way off r from the sheet (Fig. 1.18) where E is the electric field. Consider a Gaussian surface
with length 2r opposing the charge sheet as a chamber of cross-Sectional area an.
By symmetry, the electric field is at right angles to the end caps and away from the plane. Its
magnitude is the same at P and at the other cap at P'.
Therefore, the total flux through the closed surface is given by

If σ is the charge per unit area in the plane sheet, then the net positive charge q within the
Gaussian surface is, q = σA
3: Electric field due to parallel charged:

Think about two plane equal endless sheets with equivalent and inverse charge densities +σ.
furthermore, - σ. as demonstrated in Fig 1.19. The size of electric field on one or the other
side of a plane sheet of charge is E = σ./2εo and acts opposite to the sheet, coordinated
outward (if the charge is positive) or internal (if the charge is negative).

(I) When the point P1 is in the middle of the sheets, the field because of two sheets
will be equivalent in extent and a similar way. The resultant field at P1 is,

(ii) At a point P2 outside the sheets, the electric field will be equal in magnitude
and opposite in direction. The resultant field at P2 is,