Electric Flux

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Electric Flux: Overview

This topic covers the concept of Electric Flux.

Important Questions on Electric Flux

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The SI unit of electrical flux is:

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The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as shown:

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  E x =αx , where  α=500 N C-1m-1

  E y =0, E z =0 .

Calculate (i) the flux through the cube, and (ii) the charge inside the cube.

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If S E·dS=0 over a surface, then:

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A uniform electric field is applied parallel to the base of a regular circular cone pyramid as shown. The flux through the curved surface is

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Coordinates of a square are given as (1, 1, 0) m, (1,1,0) m (-1,-1, 0) m(1,-1,0) m. If electric field is 10 V m-1 along z-axis, electric flux through square is 

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The image below shows two examples of electric field lines.

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Which of the following statements is true?

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A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by

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The black shapes in the figure below are closed surfaces. The electric field lines are in red. For which case, the net flux through the surfaces is non-zero?

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A circular plate sheet of radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of 23×105 N C-1, making an angle of 60° with the field. Then find the electric flux through the sheet.

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The  SI unit of electric flux is:

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The  SI unit of electric flux is:

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The net flux passing through the surface of an imaginary cube of edge length a placed in space having a uniform volume charge density, is ϕ. The net flux passing through the surface of an imaginary sphere of radius a in the same space is

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A positive point charge Q is placed (on the axis of the disc) at a distance of 4R above the center of a disc of radius R as shown in situation I. The magnitude of electric flux through the disc is ϕ. Now, a hemispherical shell of a radius R is placed over the disc such that it forms a closed surface as shown in situation II. The flux through the curved surface in the situation II taking direction of area vector along outward normal as positive is

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In a region of space having a spherically symmetric distribution of charge, the electric flux enclosed by a concentric spherical Gaussian surface varies with a radius r as 
ϕ=ϕ0r2R3,rRϕ0,r>R where R and ϕ0 are the constants.

The electric field strength in the region is given as, 

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Which one is the SI unit of electric flux

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A square in a horizontal orientation is situated in a uniform horizontal electric field such that a line drawn in the plane of square makes angle of 300 with electric field. If side of square is a then flux through the square will be 

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400 lines of force (M.K.S. unit) are entering (M.K.S.units) inwards while 200 lines of force (M.K.S. unit) going outwards from the surface then the total value of charge confined to the surface will be

 

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How much flux crosses the square plate if a point charge Q is placed at the corner of the plate as shown in the figure?

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The net flux passing through the surface of an imaginary cube of edge length a placed in space having a uniform volume charge density, is ϕ. The net flux passing through the surface of an imaginary sphere of radius a in the same space is

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Find the maximum flux through the sphere if a ring of radius R having a linear charge density λ moves towards a solid imaginary sphere of radius R2, such that the centre of ring passes through the centre of sphere. The axis of the ring is perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the ring and the sphere.


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