Applications of Gauss's Law

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Applications of Gauss's Law: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Electric Field due to a Long Line Charge Using Gauss's Law,Electric Field due to a Large Charged Sheet Using Gauss's Law,Electric Field due to a Charged Spherical Shell Using Gauss's Law, etc.

Important Questions on Applications of Gauss's Law

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Applying Gauss theorem, the expression for the electric field intensity at a point due to an infinitely long, thin, uniformly charged straight wire is

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A thin infinite sheet charge and an infinite line charge of respective charge densities +σ and +λ are placed parallel at 5 m distance from each other. Points P and Q are at 3π m and 4π m perpendicular distances from line charge towards sheet charge, respectively. Ep and Eq are the magnitudes of resultant electric field intensities at point P and Q respectively. If EPEQ=4a for 2|σ|=|λ|, then the value of a is _____.

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An electron revolves around an infinite cylindrical wire having uniform linear charge density 2×10-8 C m-1 in circular path under the influence of attractive electrostatic field as shown in the figure. The velocity of electron with which it is revolving is ______________ ×106 m s-1. Given mass of electron =9×10-31 kg

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Two identical infinite negative line charges are held along the lines y=±4 in the xy plane. A charge-Q is placed at origin & is restricted to move along x axis.Its equilibrium is 

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A positive charge q having mass m, is released from rest in front of an infinite non-conducting sheet with surface charge density equal to σ. Speed of the charge particle after time 't 'is

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Consider an isolated, thin conducting spherical shell A of radius 20 cm. The shell is given a charge QA that distributes uniformly and due to QA only the maximum strength of the resulting electric field has a value 11250 N C-1 due to QA only. B is another isolated thin conducting spherical shell of radius 40 cm. It is given a charge QB that distributes uniformly and in this case, maximum strength of the resulting field has a value 4500 N C-1 due to QB only. The two shells A and B are now kept in a concentric manner as shown in figure. x,y and z are points as shown in figure, at distance 10 cm, 30 cm, 50 cm from the centre, respectively. [Take V=0 at r=]

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Electric field at distance L and 2 L from uniformly charged large non conducting sheet of surface charge density σ will be

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A thin square planar lamina is given a charge Q1. A straight thin cylindrical conductor is kept parallel to the plane and given a charge Q2. The length of the cylinder is also parallel to one of sides of the square lamina. The straight line joining the center of the plane C1 and the center of the cylinder C2 is perpendicular to the plane and also perpendicular to the geometric length of the cylinder. The distance C1C2 is equal to the side length of the square lamina. It is observed that at the midpoint of the line C1C2 the net electric field is zero. Assuming that the side length of the square is huge, calculate the ratio of charges Q1Q2. (Given that length of the cylinder is equal to the side length of the square plate)

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The charge density of uniformly charged infinite plane is σ. A simple pendulum is suspended vertically downward near it. Charge q0 is placed on metallic bob. If the angle made by the string is θ with vertical direction then _____

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A hollow charged metal sphere has radius r. If the potential difference between its surface and a point at a distance 3r from the centre is V, then electric field intensity at a distance 3r is:

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A parallel plate capacitor has two square plates with equal and opposite charges. The surface charge densities on the plates are +σ and σ respectively. In the region between the plates the magnitude of the electric field is

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The ratio of electric field intensity at P & Q in the shown arrangement is


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In the figure shown, there is a large sheet of charge of uniform surface charge density σ. A charge particle of charge -q and mass m is projected from a point A on the sheet with a speed u with angle of projection such that it lands at maximum distance from A on the sheet. Neglecting gravity, find the time of flight.

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A conducting spherical shell of radius R has a charge +q units. The electric field due to the shell at a point

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A conducting spherical shell of radius R has a charge +q units. The electric field due to the shell at a point

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An electron is moving around an infinite linear charge in a circular path of diameter 0.3 m. If linear charge density is 10-6 C/m and the speed of the electron is written asn×107 m/s, then find n accurate up to two digits after the decimal point. (me=9×10-31 kg, e=1.6×10-19 C)

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A solid conducting sphere of radius 20 cm is enclosed by a thin metallic shell of radius 40 cm. A charge of 40 μC is given to the inner sphere. If the metallic shell is earthed, then the heat generated in the process is

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A large sheet carries uniform surface charge density σ. A rod of length 2 has a linear charge density λ on one half and -λ on the second half. The rod is hinged at mid-point O and makes an angle θ with the normal to the sheet. The electric force experienced by the rod is,

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An electron of 103 eV energy is fired from a distance of 5 mm perpendicularly towards an infinite charged conducting plate. What should be the minimum charge density on plate so that electron fails to strike the plate?

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A particle of mass 9×10-5 gm is placed at some height above a uniformly charged horizontal infinite non conducting plate having a surface charge density 5×10-5 C/m2. What should be the charge on the particle so that on releasing it will not fall down. Take, g=9.8 m/s2