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Electric flux and Gauss’s law

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1. Flux through a tilted disk

A disk of radius is in a uniform electric field of magnitude , and the normal to the disk makes an angle of with the field. Compute the flux of the field through the disk.

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2. Flux through a hemisphere

A hemispherical surface of radius , without its base, is immersed in a uniform electric field of magnitude , parallel to the axis of symmetry of the hemisphere and directed from the plane of the base toward the top. Compute the flux of the field through the hemispherical surface, oriented with the normal pointing toward the convex side.

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3. Charge enclosed by a surface

The outward electric flux through a closed surface is . Compute the total charge contained in the surface.

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4. Flux through one face of a cube

A point charge of is at the center of a cube of edge . Compute the outward electric flux through one face of the cube.

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5. Field inside and outside a charged sphere

An insulating sphere of radius has the charge distributed uniformly throughout its volume. Compute the magnitude of the electric field at and at from the center.

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6. Field of a spherical shell

A thin spherical shell of radius carries the charge distributed uniformly. Compute the magnitude of the electric field at and at from the center.

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7. Linear density of a wire

At from a very long straight wire, charged uniformly, the electric field has magnitude and points away from the wire. Compute the linear charge density of the wire.

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8. Field of a solid cylinder

A very long insulating cylinder of radius is charged uniformly with density . Compute the magnitude of the electric field at and at from the axis.

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9. Electron near a charged plane

A very large plane is charged uniformly with density . Compute the magnitude of the electric field near the plane and the acceleration of an electron in the field, neglecting its weight.

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10. Density of two parallel planes

Two very large parallel planes have uniform surface densities and . Between the planes, far from the edges, the electric field has magnitude . Compute and the field outside the planes.

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11. Field of a charged slab

A very large insulating slab of thickness is charged uniformly with density . Compute the magnitude of the electric field outside the slab and at from the midplane.

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12. Charge density from a radial field

In a region of space the electric field is , with . Compute the charge density in the region.

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13. Sphere with density proportional to the radius

An insulating sphere of radius is charged with density , with . Compute the total charge, the field inside as a function of and its magnitude at the surface.

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