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This document summarizes key concepts from Lecture 5 on electric flux. It introduces the definition of electric flux ΦE as the product of the electric field E and the perpendicular area A⊥. It provides an example calculation of electric flux through a disk oriented at an angle to a uniform electric field. It also notes that for non-uniform fields or curved surfaces, electric flux is calculated as the integral of the electric field dotted with the differential area. Finally, it includes an example problem calculating the total electric flux through a cube in a uniform electric field.

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Lec 5 Physics 72

This document summarizes key concepts from Lecture 5 on electric flux. It introduces the definition of electric flux ΦE as the product of the electric field E and the perpendicular area A⊥. It provides an example calculation of electric flux through a disk oriented at an angle to a uniform electric field. It also notes that for non-uniform fields or curved surfaces, electric flux is calculated as the integral of the electric field dotted with the differential area. Finally, it includes an example problem calculating the total electric flux through a cube in a uniform electric field.

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Lecture 5

Electric flux

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Application of dipoles: microwave heating

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Application of dipoles: microwave heating

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Application of dipoles: microwave heating

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Flux in fluid flow

Volume flow rate through a loop of area A:


dV
= Av
dt
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Flux in fluid flow

dV
= A v = (A cos )v
dt

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Electric flux

E = EA
Define the area vector :
~ = A n
A
where n points perpendicular to the area , so that the electric flux can be
written as
~ = EA cos
E = E~ A

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Electric flux

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Electric flux
Example
A disk of radius 0.10 m is oriented with its normal unit vector at to a
uniform electric field of magnitude 2.0 103 N/C. What is the electric
flux through the disk?

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Electric flux

Solution:
E = EA cos = (2.0 103 N/C)((0.10 m)2 ) cos 30 = 54 N m2 /C .

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For curved surfaces and nonuniform


fields,
Z
~
E = E~ d A

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Electric flux
Example
Consider a cylinder of radius with its axis parallel to a uniform field of
magnitude E . What is the total electric flux passing through the cylinder?

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Electric flux

Solution:
Write the flux for surfaces labeled a, b and c. Note that Aa = Ac .
E = a + b + c
= EAa cos 180 + EAb cos 90 + EAc cos 0
= EAa + 0 + EAc
= 0.
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Quiz!

What is the total electric flux passing through the cube?

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Quiz!
Solution:
 
E ,1 = EA cos 135 = EA 22
 
E ,2 = EA cos 45 = EA + 22
 
E ,3 = EA cos 135 = EA 22
 
E ,4 = EA cos 45 = EA + 22
E ,5 = EA cos 90 = 0
E ,6 = EA cos 90 = 0
tot = E ,1 + . . . + E ,6 = 0 .

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