Calculate the flux

A point charge q q is placed at the vertex of an imaginary cone, cone-A, as shown in the figure above. Find the magnitude of the electric flux through the curved surface of the other cone, cone-B, sharing its base with cone-A.


The answer is 2.

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Jatin Yadav
Jun 29, 2014

The flux through curved surface of cone B is same as the flux through the base, as cone B encloses no charge. Hence required flux is given by:

ϕ E = 20 ϵ 0 2 ϵ 0 ( 1 cos ( ( 74 / 2 ) ) ) 2 N m 2 / C \phi_{E} = \dfrac{20 \epsilon_{0}}{2 \epsilon_{0}} \bigg(1 - \cos \bigg((74/2)^{\circ}\bigg)\bigg) \approx 2 N m^2/C

Note: The electric flux through a disk due to the E field of a point charge q q kept on its axis, such that the cone formed by the point and circumference has half angle θ \theta is given by:

ϕ E = q 2 ϵ 0 ( 1 cos θ ) \phi_{E} = \dfrac{q}{2 \epsilon_{0}} \bigg(1 - \cos \theta\bigg)

Cody Martin
Feb 14, 2015

for a disc electric flux through its surface can be easily derived by taking a ring element and calculating flux through it using d ϕ = E . d A d \phi=E.dA and then integrating it for the whole disc q 2 ϵ ( 1 cos θ ) \frac{ q }{ 2 \epsilon } (1-\cos \theta) and one can even appreciate on the use of this formula is that we can find out the flux through an imaginary sheet by putting θ = 90 \theta=90

Jayant Kumar
Jul 29, 2014

total flux emanating from the source in entire of 4pi steredians = 20, the solid angle of the cone A = 2pi(1-cos(semi-vertical angle)) = 2pi(1-cos(37)) = 2pi/5..., therefore since flux for 4pi steridians = 20, flux for 2pi/5 radians = 2

cos ( 3 7 ) \cos(37^\circ) is only approximately equal to 4/5, so the actual answer is slightly higher—about 2.014.

Tony Zhang - 6 years, 8 months ago

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