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Grade 12Electrostatics

A cylinder of radius (R) and length (L) is placed in a uniform electrical field (E) parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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The number of electric lines of force entering the cylinder is same as that leaving it.
Therefore the net electric flux through the cylinder is zero.
The flux associated with any type of closed surface in a uniform electric field is zero.