Engineering
Physics
Electric Flux and Gauss Law and its Applications
Question

A charge q is surrounded by a closed surface consisting of an inverted cone of height h and base radius R, and a hemisphere of radius R as shown in the figure. The electric flux through the conical surface is nq60 (in SI units). The value of n is ________.

 

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Solution

From Gauss law,

ϕhemisphere +ϕCone =qε0

Total flux produced from q in α angle

ϕ=q2ε0[1cosα] 

For hemisphere, α = π2

ϕhemisphere =q2ε0 

From equation (i)

=q2ε0+ϕcone =qε0 

ϕcone =q2ε0 

4q6ε0=q2ε0 

n = 3

Alternatively, φ ∝ no of electric field lines passing through surface q is point charge which has uniformly  distributed electric field lines thus half of electric field lines will pass through hemisphere & other half will pass through conical surface.