Gauss's Law and Electric Potential

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Gauss's Law, calculation of electric flux and electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to point charge, dipole, etc.

Coulomb's Law: Coulomb's law describes the force between two charged particles and forms the basis of electrostatics.
Electric Fields: An electric field is a region around a charged object that exerts a force on other charged objects.
Gauss's Law: Gauss's law relates the flux of an electric field through a closed surface to the charge enclosed by the surface.
Electric Potential Energy: Electric potential energy is the potential energy associated with the position of a charged particle in an electric field.
Electric Potential: Electric potential is the potential energy per unit charge in an electric field.
Capacitance: Capacitance is a measure of the ability of two conductors to store charge when they are separated by an insulator.
Electric Current: Electric current is the flow of electric charge through a conductor.
Resistance: Resistance is the measure of an object's ability to resist the flow of electric current.
Ohm's Law: Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.
Kirchhoff's Laws: Kirchhoff's laws are used to describe the behavior of current and voltage in circuits.
Electric Power: Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred.
Capacitor and Capacitor Circuits: A capacitor is a device used to store electrical energy.
Magnetism: Magnetism describes the behavior of magnetic fields and their effects on objects.
Faraday's Law of Induction: Faraday's law of induction describes how a changing magnetic field can induce an electric field.
Lenz's Law: Lenz's law is a consequence of Faraday's law and states that the direction of the induced e.m.f. opposes the change that produced it.
Ampere's Law: Ampere's law relates the magnetic field to the current that produces it.
Magnetic Materials: Magnetic materials are materials that can be magnetized or are naturally magnetic.
Electromagnetic Waves: Electromagnetic waves are waves that travel through space and are produced by electric and magnetic fields.
Electromagnetic Spectrum: The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all types of electromagnetic radiation.
Maxwell's Equations: Maxwell's equations describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields and their interactions.
Gauss's Law: A fundamental law of physics that relates the distribution of electric charges to the electric field they create. It states that the electric flux through any closed surface is proportional to the total charge enclosed within the surface.
Electric Potential: The electric potential at any point in space is the amount of work necessary to bring a unit charge to that point from infinity, assuming the charge distribution is fixed.
Coulomb's Law: Describes the electric force between two charged particles, based on the distance between their centers of charge and their magnitudes.
Electric Field: The force per unit charge experienced by a test charge placed at a point in space due to the presence of an electric charge.
Poisson's Equation: A partial differential equation that describes the behavior of the electric potential in a given area.
Laplace's Equation: A similar partial differential equation that describes the electric field in a given area.
Dipole Potential: The electric potential at any point due to a pair of electric charges having equal magnitude and opposite polarity.
Parallel-Plate Capacitor: An arrangement of two parallel plates separated by a distance, with an electric field generated through the use of a voltage difference between the plates.
Spherical Shell: The electric potential which is produced by a spherical shell of charge.
Conducting Sphere: The electric potential generated by a charged conducting sphere located at the center of a surrounding conductor.