If you very close to the surface on a conductor it will look flat. Just as the Earth appears flat to us because we are on the surface. We want to find the electric field at a point P just outside the conductor. Assume the conducting surface near P has a positive charge per are an. We draw a Gaussian cylinder of radius & and height 2h cutting through the surface. a. What is the flux through the curved portion of the Gaussian surface? Write the answer in terms of the unknown electric field E, R and/or h. b. What is the flux through the bottom endcap? c. What is the flux through the top end cap? E e. Use Gauss's law to find the electric field just outside the conductor. +1 d. Write the charge enclosed by the Gaussian surface in terms of 17, R and/or h? 411 Z Conductor

If you very close to the surface on a conductor it will look flat. Just as the Earth appears flat to us because we are on the surface. We want to find the electric field at a point P just outside the conductor. Assume the conducting surface near P has a positive charge per are an. We draw a Gaussian cylinder of radius & and height 2h cutting through the surface. a. What is the flux through the curved portion of the Gaussian surface? Write the answer in terms of the unknown electric field E, R and/or h. b. What is the flux through the bottom endcap? c. What is the flux through the top end cap? E e. Use Gauss's law to find the electric field just outside the conductor. +1 d. Write the charge enclosed by the Gaussian surface in terms of 17, R and/or h? 411 Z Conductor