Exercises — Gauss's law — integral form, choosing Gaussian surfaces
1.8.6 · D4· Physics › Electromagnetism › Gauss's law — integral form, choosing Gaussian surfaces
Throughout, aur master equation hai
Level 1 — Recognition
Goal: flux, enclosed charge, ya sahi surface identify karna — abhi field solve nahi karni.
L1.1 — Box se flux padhna
Ek closed cubical box mein net charge hai. Box ki poori surface se total electric flux kya hai?
Recall Solution
Shape matter nahi karta — Gauss's law sirf andar trapped charge poochta hai. (upar define kiya gaya leakage symbol) use karte hue, Ek nanocoulomb hota hai. Humne trapped charge ko se divide kiya; cube ka size aur orientation irrelevant hain.
L1.2 — Charge jo bag ke baaharon hai
Ek point charge ek closed spherical surface ke bilkul baaharon rakha hai. Us sphere se net flux kya hai?
Recall Solution
Zero. Jab har jagah baaharon point kar raha hai (sign-convention box dekho), baaharon charge se aane wali ek field line jo sphere mein enter karti hai woh () deti hai, aur jahan wahi line bahar jaati hai wahan () milta hai. Har entry ek exit se match hoti hai (parent derivation ka Step 3), toh cancel ho jaate hain. Koi charge enclosed nahi hai, toh aur . Note: surface par field zero nahi hai — baaharon charge pointwise feel hota hai — lekin net flux cancel ho jaata hai.
L1.3 — Symmetry se surface match karo
Har charge distribution ke liye, woh Gaussian surface batao jo Gauss's law ko solvable banaye: (a) ek single point charge, (b) ek infinitely long charged wire, (c) ek infinite charged sheet.
Recall Solution
Surface ko symmetry se match karo taaki har face par ya to ke parallel ho (flux ) ya perpendicular (flux ).
- (a) point charge → concentric sphere (spherical symmetry).
- (b) infinite line → coaxial cylinder (cylindrical symmetry).
- (c) infinite plane → pillbox sheet ko straddling karte hue (planar symmetry).
L1.4 — Charge jo surface par exactly rakha hai
Ek point charge aise rakha gaya hai ki woh Gaussian surface par hi lie karta hai (na clearly andar, na baaharon). Kya woh "enclosed" hai? Gauss's law kya flux predict karta hai?
Recall Solution
Yeh ek genuine ambiguity hai — zero-thickness surface par mathematical point na andar hai na baaharon, toh well defined nahi hai aur Gauss's law koi clean answer nahi deta.
- Physical resolution: real charges ki finite size hoti hai, toh surface ko ek infinitesimal amount ek taraf khiskaao. Agar surface ek ideal point charge se symmetrically guzarti hai, toh aadhi field lines baaharon jaati hain aur aadhi andar rehti hain, toh tum aadha charge count karte ho: , jisse milta hai.
- Practical advice: Gaussian surface kisi charge ke through kabhi mat khiincho. Aise choose karo ki har charge unambiguously andar ya baaharon ho; tab saari bookkeeping clean rehti hai.
Level 2 — Application
Goal: standard machine chalao — surface choose karo, faces split karo, solve karo.
L2.1 — Point charge ki field
Charge se par ki magnitude find karo.
Recall Solution
Surface: radius ki sphere. Uس par constant hai aur ke parallel, toh . use karte hue: .
L2.2 — Infinite line charge
Ek infinite wire linear density carry karta hai. par find karo.
Recall Solution

Figure padho: field arrows curved wall ko perpendicularly cross karte hain ( ke parallel → flux ) lekin flat end caps ke parallel chalte hain (unhe kabhi pierce nahi karte → flux ).
Surface: coaxial cylinder, radius , length .
- Curved wall: radial , constant → flux .
- End caps: → flux .
- . cancel ho jaata hai:
L2.3 — Infinite charged sheet
Ek infinite sheet par hai. Uske paas find karo.
Recall Solution
Surface: sheet ko straddling karta pillbox. Field dono flat faces se bahar nikalti hai, toh ; side wall deta hai. ke saath: Yeh distance se independent hai — field uniform hai.
Level 3 — Analysis
Goal: position-dependent enclosed charge, multiple regions, aur degenerate points handle karo.
L3.1 — Solid sphere, andar aur baaharon
Radius ki ek sphere mein total charge uniformly volume mein spread hai. (a) (andar), (b) (baaharon) par find karo.
Recall Solution

(a) Andar (): radius ki Gaussian sphere sirf apne volume ke andar wala charge trap karti hai. aur (upar define kiye) ke saath, cancel ho jaata hai, clean milta hai. Phir (b) Baaharon (): poora enclosed hai; yeh point charge ki tarah behave karta hai: Degenerate check: (centre) par, — symmetry se koi direction preferred nahi hai, aur indeed (figure mein origin dot).
L3.2 — Hollow (surface-charged) shell
Radius ki ek thin spherical shell sirf apni surface par carry karti hai. (a) (hollow ke andar), (b) (baaharon) par find karo.
Recall Solution
(a) Andar (): Gaussian sphere koi bhi charge enclose nahi karti (saara charge outer shell par hai), toh aur Uniform shell ke andar field har jagah exactly zero hoti hai — opposite sides se pulls cancel ho jaate hain. (b) Baaharon (): saara enclosed hai, point-charge field: L3.1 se contrast: baaharon, solid aur shell dono agree karte hain (dono point charge ki tarah dikhte hain). Andar, solid sphere mein hai lekin shell mein — enclosed charge alag hota hai.
L3.3 — Net negative enclosed charge (negative flux)
Ek Gaussian sphere of radius ek inner shell of aur ek outer shell of enclose karti hai. (a) Sphere se total flux, aur (b) ki magnitude aur direction find karo.
Recall Solution
Enclosed charge signed sum hai: . (a) Flux: Flux negative hai — baaharon point karte hue, negative matlab field net andar ki taraf point karti hai. Field lines andar net negative charge par terminate ho rahi hain. (b) Magnitude aur direction: radially inward point karte hue (net negative charge ki taraf).
Level 4 — Synthesis
Goal: geometries combine karo, superposition, aur sign bookkeeping.
L4.1 — Do parallel sheets (capacitor idea)
Do infinite sheets parallel hain. Left wali carry karti hai, right wali , ke saath. find karo (a) sheets ke beech, (b) baaharon (kisi bhi side).
Recall Solution

Har sheet akele magnitude ki uniform field banata hai, sheet se door aur sheet ki taraf point karte hue. Superpose karo (vectors add karo):
- Beech (red arrows region): dono fields same direction mein point karti hain ( se ki taraf), toh add hoti hain:
- Baaharon: dono fields opposite directions mein point karti hain aur cancel ho jaati hain: Isliye ek parallel-plate capacitor apni field gap mein confined rakhta hai.
L4.2 — Line plus point (flux ka superposition)
Radius aur length ka ek closed cylinder ek infinite wire of ke saath coaxial hai. Cylinder ke andar ek point charge bhi rakha hai. Cylinder se total flux kya hai?
Recall Solution
Kyun hum flux contributions add kar sakte hain (superposition): Real field, wire ki field aur point charge ki field ka vector sum hai, (yeh Coulomb's law plus forces/fields ka superposition hai). Flux integral mein linear hai: Integral ke andar sum, sum of integrals mein split ho jaata hai, toh total flux sirf woh flux hai jo har charge akele produce karta — isliye flux superpose karte hain. Har piece apne enclosed charge over ke barabar hai, toh totals ek mein combine ho jaate hain.
Enclosed charge. Cylinder wire ki length plus poora point charge trap karta hai:
Total flux. Note karo ki humne flux find kiya, jabki combined field itna symmetric nahi hai ki ko integral se bahar kheencha ja sake — flux ko sirf enclosed charge chahiye, detailed field kabhi nahi.
Level 5 — Mastery
Goal: subtle enclosed-charge accounting aur limiting behaviour.
L5.1 — Non-uniform charge density
Radius ki ek solid sphere mein volume charge density hai (edge ki taraf denser), ke saath. par find karo.
Recall Solution
Enclosed charge, radius ki ball par ka integral hai. Thickness ke shells (volume ) use karte hue: Phir radius ki sphere par Gauss se: Plug in karo: Sanity check: yahan hai (uniform-density se steeper) kyunki charge baaharon pile up karta hai.
L5.2 — Conductor vs. isolated sheet (factor-2 showdown)
Ek large flat conductor slab ki face par surface charge density hai. Us face ke bilkul baaharon field find karo, aur explain karo ki yeh isolated-sheet result se kyun alag hai.
Recall Solution
Conductor ke liye, metal ke andar field zero hoti hai (dekho Electric field of conductors). Ek pillbox draw karo jiska ek face metal ke andar ho (wahan flux ) aur ek face bilkul baaharon (flux ). Sirf ek face leak karta hai: Isolated sheet dono faces se leak karta hai → . Same law, leaking faces ki alag count — bas itna hi fark hai.
L5.3 — Limiting behaviour: line charge far vs. near
Infinite line charge ke liye, describe karo ki kaise behave karta hai jab aur jab , aur fall-off () ko point charge () se contrast karo.
Recall Solution
- Jab : . Idealized line apna saara charge zero-thickness filament par cramm karti hai, toh usse chipakne par unbounded field milti hai. (Real wires ki finite radius hoti hai, jo isko cap kar deti hai.)
- Jab : , lekin sirf ki tarah — dheere-dheere.
- Contrast: point charge ki tarah fall off karta hai kyunki uski lines ek sphere par spread hoti hain (). Ek line ki lines cylinder par spread hoti hain (), ek dimension kam, toh woh zyada gently thin out hoti hain — . Field lines ke dilute hone ki geometry hi exponent hai.
Wrap-up
Recall Kisi bhi Gauss problem ke liye one-line strategy
- Symmetry identify karo → sphere / cylinder / pillbox choose karo, baaharon point karte hue.
- Surface ko faces mein split karo; har flux ko , , ya mark karo.
- Sirf enclosed charge count karo, charges ko unke signs ke saath add karte hue (non-uniform ho toh integrate karo); Gaussian surface kisi charge se kabhi nahi guzarni chahiye.
- Field solve karo: set karo aur leaking area se divide karke pao.
- Limits aur signs check karo — net negative negative flux aur inward field deta hai.
Related tools worth revisiting: Divergence theorem (is integral law ko differential mein convert karta hai), Maxwell's equations (jahan Gauss's law equation one hai), aur Symmetry in physics (ki aakhir yeh solvable kyun hai).