Gauss's law

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gauss's_law
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physical_phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo static electric fields
closed surfaces
gptkbp:category mathematical physics
physics
electrostatics
gptkbp:describes relationship between electric charge and electric flux
gptkbp:differentialForm ∇·E = ρ/ε₀
gptkbp:expressedIn ∮E·dA = Q_enc/ε₀
gptkbp:field electromagnetism
gptkbp:form gptkb:differential_form
integral form
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
1835
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkbp:integralForm ∮E·dA = Q_enc/ε₀
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkbp:publishedIn 1835 (unpublished until 1867)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Coulomb's_law
electric charge
electric field
electric flux
gptkbp:symbol ∇·E = ρ/ε₀
∮E·dA = Q_enc/ε₀
gptkbp:usedFor calculating electric fields
gptkbp:usedIn electrostatics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Johann_Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
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