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Let me first explain a little bit why the readings for this week says to read but not study section 24.5.

In this chapter, we will see Gauss' Law which is one of the four most fundamental equations of electromagnetism (one of the famous Maxwell's equations).

Gauss' Law is most often written as

\Phi_e=\oint \vec{E}\cdot d\vec{A} = \frac{Q_{in}}{\epsilon_0}

Now there is a lot to unpack in this mathematical formula. It is very abstract and involve multiple new concepts

closed surface integral
differential area vector
electric flux

We will go through these one at a time. The most important part of this chapter is to understand at a conceptual level what this equation is and what it means.

After this lesson, you should be able to...

LOElc08: Utilize in the appropriate context the electric formula for infinite line/plane point charge and sphere.
LOElc09: Understand and calculate electric flux from both charge and E field distributions
LOElc10: Understand the concept behind Gauss’s Law
LOElc11: Determine/calculate the properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium

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