Mention applications of Gauss’s law.
Mention applications of Gauss’s law.
The applications of Gauss's law are as below :
$(1)$ To obtain field due to an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire.
$(2)$ To obtain field due to uniformly charged infinite plane sheet.
$(3)$ To obtain field due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
$(4)$ To obtain field due to uniformly charged sphere.
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