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Given: a) Φ =? b) Φ =?
𝑟 = 0.10 𝑚 Φ = 𝐸𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 Φ = 𝐸𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝜃 = 30.0𝑜 Φ = 𝐸 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 Φ = 𝐸 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝐸 = 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 Φ = 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 𝜋 0.10 𝑚 2 cos 30.00
Φ = 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 𝜋 0.10 𝑚 2 cos 90.00
𝚽 = 𝟓𝟒. 𝟒𝟏 𝑵 ∙ 𝒎𝟐 /𝑪 𝚽=𝟎
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
CALCULATING THE ELECTRIC FLUX
ELECTRIC FLUX THROUGH A DISK
A disk with radius 0.10 m is oriented with 𝑨 at an angle of 30.00 to a uniform electric
field 𝑬 with magnitude 2.0x103 N/C. (a) What is the electric flux through the disk? (b)
What is the flux through the disk if it is turned so that 𝑨 is perpendicular to 𝑬?
(c)What is the flux through the disk if 𝑨 is parallel to 𝑬?
Given: c) Φ =?
𝑟 = 0.10 𝑚 Φ = 𝐸𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝜃 = 30.0𝑜 Φ = 𝐸 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝐸 = 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 Φ = 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 𝜋 0.10 𝑚 2
cos 00
𝚽 = 𝟔𝟐. 𝟖𝟑 𝑵 ∙ 𝒎𝟐 /𝑪
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
CALCULATING THE ELECTRIC FLUX
ELECTRIC FLUX THROUGH A CUBE
A cube of side L is placed in a region of
uniform electric field 𝑬. Find the electric
flux through each face of the cube and the
total flux through the cube when two of its
faces is parallel to the field.
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
CALCULATING THE ELECTRIC FLUX
ELECTRIC FLUX THROUGH A CUBE
A cube of side L is placed in a region of uniform electric field 𝑬. Find the electric flux through each
face of the cube and the total flux through the cube when two of its faces is parallel to the field.
Given: Φ =?
𝑞 = 3.0 𝜇𝐶 Φ = 𝐸𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝑟 = 0.20 𝑚 𝑘𝑞
Φ = 2 4𝜋𝑟 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝑟
9 𝑁𝑚2
9.0 × 10 2 3.0 × 10−6 𝐶
𝐶 2
Φ= 4𝜋 0.20 𝑚 cos 0𝑜
0.20 𝑚 2
𝚽 = 𝟑. 𝟑𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝑵 ∙ 𝒎𝟐 /𝑪
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
CALCULATING THE ELECTRIC FLUX
TRY THIS
A flat sheet of paper of area 0.250 m2 is oriented so that
the normal to the sheet is at an angle of 60o to the
uniform field of magnitude 14 N/C. Find the magnitude
of the electric field through the sheet.
Given: Φ =?
𝑞 = 1.8 𝜇𝐶 𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐
Φ=
𝐿 = 55 𝑐𝑚 𝜀𝑜
1.8 × 10−6 𝐶
Φ=
8.85 × 10−12 𝐶 2 /𝑁𝑚2
𝚽 = 𝟐. 𝟎𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝑵 ∙ 𝒎𝟐 /𝑪
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The three small spheres shown in
the figure carry charges q1 = 4.00
nC, q2 = -7.80 nC and q3 = 2.40
nC. Find the net electric flux
through each of the following
closed surfaces (a) S1; (b) S2; (c)
S3; (d) S4; (e) S5.
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The three small spheres shown in the figure carry charges q1 = 4.00
nC, q2 = -7.80 nC and q3 = 2.40 nC. Find the net electric flux
through each of the following closed surfaces (a) S1; (b) S2; (c) S3;
(d) S4; (e) S5.
For S3:
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 = 𝑞1 + 𝑞2 = 4.00 𝑛𝐶 + −7.80 𝑛𝐶 = −3.80 𝑛𝐶
𝑞1 + 𝑞2
ΦS3 =
𝜀𝑜
−3.80 × 10−9 𝐶
ΦS3 =
8.85 × 10−12 𝐶 2 /𝑁𝑚2
𝚽𝐒𝟑 = −𝟒𝟐𝟗 𝐍𝐦𝟐 /𝐂
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The three small spheres shown in the figure carry charges q1 = 4.00
nC, q2 = -7.80 nC and q3 = 2.40 nC. Find the net electric flux
through each of the following closed surfaces (a) S1; (b) S2; (c) S3;
(d) S4; (e) S5.
For S4:
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 = 𝑞1 + 𝑞3 = 4.00 𝑛𝐶 + 2.40 𝑛𝐶 = 6.40 𝑛𝐶
𝑞1 + 𝑞3
ΦS4 =
𝜀𝑜
6.40 × 10−9 𝐶
ΦS4 =
8.85 × 10−12 𝐶 2 /𝑁𝑚2
𝚽𝐒𝟒 = 𝟕𝟐𝟑 𝐍𝐦𝟐 /𝐂
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The three small spheres shown in the figure carry charges q1 = 4.00
nC, q2 = -7.80 nC and q3 = 2.40 nC. Find the net electric flux
through each of the following closed surfaces (a) S1; (b) S2; (c) S3;
(d) S4; (e) S5.
For S5:
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 = 𝑞1 + 𝑞2 + 𝑞3 = 4.00 𝑛𝐶 − 7.80 𝑛𝐶 + 2.40 𝑛𝐶 = −1.40 𝑛𝐶
𝑞1 + 𝑞2 + 𝑞3
ΦS5 =
𝜀𝑜
−1.40 × 10−9 𝐶
ΦS5 =
8.85 × 10−12 𝐶 2 /𝑁𝑚2
𝚽𝐒𝟓 = −𝟏𝟓𝟖 𝐍𝐦𝟐 /𝐂
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The electric field everywhere on the surface
of a thin spherical shell of radius 0.750 m is
measured to be 890 N/C and points radially
toward the center of the sphere. What is the
net charge within the sphere’s surface?
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
The electric field everywhere on the surface of a thin spherical shell of radius 0.750 m is
measured to be 890 N/C and points radially toward the center of the sphere. What is the
net charge within the sphere’s surface?
Given: 𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 =? 𝑁
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 = −(8.85 × 10−12 𝐶 2 /𝑁𝑚2 890 4𝜋 0.750 𝑚 2
𝑟 = 0.750 𝑚 𝛷= 𝐶
𝐸 = 890 𝑁/𝐶 𝜀𝑜 𝒒𝒆𝒏𝒄 = −𝟓. 𝟓𝟕 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟖 𝑪
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐
−𝐸𝐴 =
𝜀𝑜
𝑞𝑒𝑛𝑐 = −𝜀𝑜 𝐸(4𝜋𝑟 2 )
Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
TRY THIS
A butterfly net is in a uniform electric field
of magnitude E = 3.0 mN/C. The rim, a
circle of radius a = 11 cm, is aligned
perpendicular to the field. The net contains
no net charge. Find the electric flux through
the netting.