^Gauss’s law
Gauss’s law
1. According to Gauss’s law the electric flux through any arbitrary closed surface in a medium is equal to the total charge enclosed by the that surface divided by the permittivity of that medium. i.e.
2. If medium is air or vacuum, then
3. Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the Coulomb’s law. Any violation of Gauss’s law will indicate departure from the inverse square law.
4. Using Gauss law we can say no. of electric line of force originating or terminating on a charge of q coulomb is equal to q/ε0.