Find the electric field everywhere of an infinite uniform line charge with total charge Q. Find the electric field everywhere of an infinite uniform line charge with total charge Q.Sol.Using Gauss's Law:ĐE dA =EA =Since, its the line charge we use the area of a cylinder surrounding the line chargeE*2TBut all the charged get enclosed by the cylinder area, sodenc =QDeriving, we get:E- (1/2 πε0 *(IrL)

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