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Introduction to Electromagnetic

Field
Chapter 2.2b: Gauss’s law for magnetic
field

Pham Quang Thai – pqthai.hcmut@gmail.com


Gauss’s law for magnetic field (and the magnetic
monopole)

∫S B • dS = 0
Apply Gauss’s law in magnetic field to find B
z
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dS4 B = Bo(yax-xay)

dS2 dS1 Find the magnetic flux


y crossing S1

π
x dS3

∫S B • dS
= ∫ B • dS + ∫ B • dS2
S1 S2
+ ∫S B • dS3 + ∫S B • dS 4
3 4
=0
∴ ∫ B i d S1
S1

= − ∫ B i d S2 − ∫ B i d S3 − ∫ B i d S4
S2 S3 S4
1 π
= −∫ ∫ B0  yax − xa y  i ( − dx dz a y )
z =0 x =0 y =0

−0 − 0
1 π
= −∫ ∫ B0 x dx dz
z =0 x =0

B0π 2
=−
2
B0 π 2
Absolute value = Wb
2

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