Application Of Gauss's Law
Chapter Name : Electric Charges And Fields |
Sub Topic Code : 101_12_01_15_03 |
Topic Name : Application Of Gauss's Law |
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Sub Topic Name : Field Due To A Uniformly Charged Thin Spherical Shell (Field Outside The Shell) |
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Introduction
Field due to an outside point of spherical shell can be calculated by using spherical surface as Gaussian surface.
Pre-Requisites:
Basic introduction about Gauss's law and electric flux.
Activity:
Find out how electric field due to charged spherical shell varies?
Real Life Question:
How to calculate electric field due to an charged spherical shell?
Key Words / FlashCards
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Learning aids / Gadgets
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| Text book | You can learn more about this from your text book. |
Real life uses :
To calculate the Electric field due to a spherical charge.
Places to visit :
Your physics lab, you can also refer your text book for more reference.
Practical examples around us
| Examples | Explainations |
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| Every spherical charge | Every spherical charge around us has some field, which can be calculated using Gauss's law. |
What you learn in Theory:
Electric field due to a spherical shell (outside the shell) depends upon the distance of point from the center of sphere.
What you learn in Practice:
If the charge enclosed in a spherical surface is zero, then according to Gauss's law the field will be zero.