Electric Flux
Electric Flux: Overview
This topic covers the concept of Electric Flux.
Important Questions on Electric Flux
The SI unit of electrical flux is:

The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side are as shown:
, where
.
Calculate the flux through the cube, and the charge inside the cube.


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

Coordinates of a square are given as , . If electric field is along z-axis, electric flux through square is

The image below shows two examples of electric field lines.
Which of the following statements is true?

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

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?

A circular plate sheet of radius is placed in a uniform electric field of making an angle of with the field. Then find the electric flux through the sheet.



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

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

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 as
where and are the constants.
The electric field strength in the region is given as,

Which one is the SI unit of electric flux

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 with electric field. If side of square is then flux through the square will be

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

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

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

Find the maximum flux through the sphere if a ring of radius having a linear charge density moves towards a solid imaginary sphere of radius , 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.
