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Physics Investigatory Project 1

The document discusses Gauss's Law, formulated by Karl Friedrich Gauss, which relates charge distribution to the electrostatic field in space. It states that the total electric flux through a closed surface is proportional to the enclosed charge. The document also outlines applications of Gauss's Law, including calculating electric fields from infinite charged wires, plane sheets, and spherical charge distributions.

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Physics Investigatory Project 1

The document discusses Gauss's Law, formulated by Karl Friedrich Gauss, which relates charge distribution to the electrostatic field in space. It states that the total electric flux through a closed surface is proportional to the enclosed charge. The document also outlines applications of Gauss's Law, including calculating electric fields from infinite charged wires, plane sheets, and spherical charge distributions.

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STUDY OF GAUSS’S

LAW
INDEX
1. Introduction 2. Gauss
Law 3. Application of
gauss’s law 4. Bibliography
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INTRODUCTION
Gauss’s Law was suggested by
Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
who was German scientist and
mathematician.
Gauss’s Law is basically the relation
between the charge distribution producing the
electrostatic field to the behavior of
electrostatic field in space.
Gauss’s Law is based on the fact that flux
through any closed surface is a measure of total
amount of charge inside that surface and
charge outside that surface would not
contribute anything to the total flux.
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GAUSS’S LAW
Gauss’s law states that the total amount of
electric flux passing through any closed surface
is directly proportional to the enclosed electric
charge.
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APPLICATIONS OF
GAUSS’S LAW

1. Electric field due to infinite


charged long wire 2. Electric
field due to infinite charged
plane sheet 3. Electric field due
to spherical charge distribution

1.Electric field due to


infinitely charged long
wire
Consider an infinitely long wire with a linear
density of ʎ and a length of L. To calculate the
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electric field, we assume a cylindrical Gaussian


surface due to symmetry of wire.
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2.Electric field due to


infinite charged plane
sheet
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3.Electric field due to
spherical charge
distribution
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Physics Textbook(Class-XI)
 slideserve.com  ask.learncbse.in
 www.quora.com

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