Mandeep Deka said:I am assuming that, what you wrote as, "the electric field a) 3.00cm" means "the electric field at 3.00cm from the center of the wire"
Answer to this question first: If you have a conducting sphere, carrying a charge say Q, than what is the electric field at a point inside it??
flyingpig said:[tex]k\frac{q}{a^3}r[/tex] for a < r
graphene said:it is a metal rod. so all the charge would reside on the surface only, none can stay in the bulk.
so the field inside the rod is zero.
flyingpig said:So, but a metal sphere can too? Isn't that what my equation is?
Oh wait, I think I get it. The key here is that my equation is for an insulating sphere, not a conducting one. Hence.
cupid.callin said:Yes now you're right
cupid.callin said:i can't get you
flyingpig said:[tex]k\frac{q}{a^3}r[/tex] for a < r
flyingpig said:[tex]k\frac{q}{a^3}r[/tex] for r<a
Gauss's Law is an important concept in science because it is a fundamental principle in the study of electromagnetism and helps us understand the behavior of electric fields. It also has many practical applications in fields such as engineering and physics.
In Gauss's Law, a charge of 0 means that there is no net electric charge present in a given region. This can occur when there are equal amounts of positive and negative charges canceling each other out, or when there are no charges present at all.
Gauss's Law states that the electric flux through a closed surface is proportional to the net electric charge enclosed by that surface. This means that the total electric flux through a surface is directly related to the amount of charge present within that surface.
Yes, Gauss's Law can be used to calculate the electric field at a point if there is a known distribution of charges present. This can be done by applying the law to a small Gaussian surface enclosing the point of interest and solving for the electric field using the equation E = Q/ε0.
Gauss's Law is expressed mathematically as ∮SE•dA = Q/ε0, where ∮SE•dA represents the electric flux through a closed surface, Q is the net charge enclosed by the surface, and ε0 is the permittivity of free space.