Monday, December 8, 2014

Application of Gauss Law : Metallic charged sphere



                Gauss Law states that “Total electric field in a body is equal to the total electric charge enclosed in a body by electric permittivity in vacuum.”

Mathematically,              
Ø = Electric field
q = total charge enclosed
E0 = Electric permittivity in vacuum
Now,
                By Gauss Law, finding the electric field enclosed in a body. A sphere with radius r and having charge q. Let us create a Gaussian surface and the radius of created surface is r. The charge enclosed in a body is +q.





Then,
Total Electric field passing through the Gaussian surface is
Ø = E x A = E x 4πv2
Again,
By Gauss Law,
Ø = q/ E0
or,  E x A = q/ E0
or, E x 4πv2 = q/ E0
or, E = q/4πr2 E0

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