By Team Aakash Byju's | 26th January 2023

Expert Faculty Explains What Are the Applications of Gauss Law?

Gauss law is applied in the case of a charged ring of radius R on its axis at a distance x from the centre of the ring.

E=

4πε

1

(R  +x   )

qx

2

2

3

2

At the centre, x = 0 and E = 0.

x=R

O

P

0

It is applied in the case of an infinite line of charge, at a distance, ‘r’.

E=

4πrε

(              )

(              )

1

r

Where λ is the linear charge density.

E=

2πrε

λ

0

0

In the case of the intensity of the electric field near a plane sheet of charge.

E=

2ε   k

σ

where σ = surface charge density.

0

E

Arrow

E

Arrow

A

Gaussian surface

In the case of the intensity of the electric field near a plane-charged conductor

E=

k ε

σ

in a medium of dielectric constant K.

If the dielectric medium is air, then E                   .

air

=

σ

ε

0

0

E

Arrow

E

Arrow

A

Gaussian surface

In the case where the field between two parallel plates of a condenser is

E=

ε

σ

where σ is the surface charge density.

0

d

v

Arrow

A

B

v

Arrow

v=0

Arrow

q