Flux & Gauss's Law
Try this: Make the flux through the surface zero while it still holds charge.
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About this simulation
Count the field crossing a surface you choose, and discover the total only cares what is inside it.
Taught in Flux & Gauss's Law
- electric flux
- Gauss's law
- enclosed charge
- symmetry
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