Question

1Applications of Gauss law
Electric field due to any arbitrary charge
configuration can be calculated using
Coulombs law or Gauss lax. If the charge
configuration possesses some kind of
symmetry, then Gauss law is a very efficient
way to calculate the electric field.
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Answer 1

Answer:

There are various applications of Gauss law which we will look at now. Just to start with, we know that there are some cases in which calculation of electric field is quite complex and involves tough integration. We use the Gauss’s Law to simplify evaluation of electric field in an easy way.

Before we learn more about the applications, let us first see how we can apply the law. We must choose a Gaussian surface, such that the evaluation of the electric field becomes easy. One should make use of symmetry to make problems easier. We must also remember that it is not necessary for the Gaussian surface to coincide with the real surface. It can be inside or outside the Gaussian surface.