STATE GAUSS’S THEOREM – ELECTRIC FIELDS DUE TO LINE CHARGE, PLANE SHEET,SPHERICAL SHELL

GAUSS’S THEOREM

INTRODUCTION

The fundamental field of physics known as ‘Electrostatics’ clearly explains the behaviour of electric charges at rest. Our understanding of electricity, magnetism, and light is built on electrostatics.Students in class 12 dig into the interesting principles of electric charges, Coulomb’s law, electric fields, electric potential, dielectrics, and capacitance in this study.

Electrostatics is a broad and significant subject with several applications in science and technology.Electrostatics, for example, is employed in the design of electrical devices that generate electricity and medical equipment. It’s also used to create new materials and technologies like solar cells and nanotechnology.

Gauss’s theorem gives the relation between total flux passing through any closed surface and the net charge enclosed by that surface.

STATEMENT OF THE THEOREM

ELECTRIC FIELD DUE TO INFINITE LINE CHARGE-IMAGE

ELECTRIC FIELD DUE TO INFINITE LINE CHARGE

ELECTRIC FIELD DUE TO A SPHERICAL SHELL

Inside the sphere:

Outside the sphere:

ELECTRIC FIELD DUE TO INFINITE PLANE SHEET