Gauss' Law
Gauss' Law: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Gauss Theorem in Electrostatics, Condition for the Validity of Gauss Theorem, Important Points in Gauss's Law, Proof of Coulomb's Law Using Gauss Law, and Proof of Gauss Law.
Important Questions on Gauss' Law
Which law is used to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly charged large parallel sheets with surface charge densities and respectively:

A closed spherical surface encloses a charge at its centre. Show that the electric flux through the closed surface is .

The inward and outward electric flux from a closed surface are respectively and units. Then the net charge inside the close surface is

An electric field is present to a square plate of side length . What is the flux passing through the plate?

A charge is distributed uniformly in a sphere (solid). Then the electric field at any point , where ( is radius of sphere) varies as_____.

Two infinitely long parallel conducting plates having surface charge densities and respectively are separated by a small distance. The medium between the plates is vacuum, if is dielectric permittivity of vacuum, then the electric field in the region between the plates is-

A sphere of radius have volume charge density given as
for
for
If electric field at distance from centre is Then will be.

The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length if a charge is placed at corner of the cube is

A point charge of is at the centre of cubical Gaussian surface on edge. What is the net electric flux through the surface?

A ring of radius having a linear charge density moves towards a solid imaginary sphere of radius so that the centre of ring passes through the centre of the sphere. The axis of the ring is perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the ring and the sphere. The maximum flux through the sphere in this process is

Flux coming out from a unit positive charge enclosed in air is

A Gaussian sphere encloses an electric dipole within it. The total flux across the sphere is

and are point charges located at points, as shown in the figure, and is a spherical Gaussian surface of radius . Which of the following is true, according to the Gauss' law?

The figure shows a closed surface which intersects a conducting sphere. If a positive charge is placed at the point , the flux of the electric field through the closed surface,

A Gaussian sphere encloses an electric dipole within it. The total flux through the sphere is

Flux coming out from a unit positive charge enclosed in air is

A sphere of radius have volume charge density given as
for
for
If electric field at distance from centre is Then will be.

An uncharged thick spherical conducting shell is surrounding a charge at the centre of the shell. Then charge is placed on a point outside the shell. When static equilibrium is reached, the total charges on the inner and outer surfaces of the shell are respectively

The charge density inside a nucleus is given by where radius of nucleus and The electric field is maximum at If , find the value of .

State Gauss' theorem in electrostatics and write its expression.
