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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Given the electric field in the region x is 2E, find the net electric flux through the cube and the charge enclosed by it. 

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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 square sheet of 5.0 cm is placed in an electric field E=(1.6 × 104 N C-1 )i^ such that the normal unit vector for the sheet is 32i^+12 j^ The electric flux through the sheet is:

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Consider a cube of side a=0.1 m placed such that its six faces are given by equations x=0, x=+a, y=0, y=+a, z=0 and z=+a, placed in electric field given by E=x2i^+yj^ N C-1. Find the electric flux crossing out of the cube in the unit of 10-4 N m2 C-1.

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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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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 large uniformly charged sheet having a surface charge density of 5×10-16 C/m2 lies in X-Y plane. Calculate the electric flux through a circular loop of radius 0.1 m, whose axis makes on angle of 60° with Z axis.

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Consider a cube of side a. Let a charge q be placed at centre. Calculate the total flux linked with cube and flux linked with each face.

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Explain the term electric flux. Write its SI unit and dimensions.

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When does the electric flux through an area element placed in an electric field E is zero ?

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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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