Electric Field from Charged Cylinder | Radial Distance

Thread starter Fatima Hasan
Start date Apr 5, 2018
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Axis Charged Cylinder Electric Electric field Field Radial

Apr 5, 2018

Fatima Hasan

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Can someone tell me where is my mistake ?

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You are using the volume of a sphere instead of the volume of a cylinder.

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Chandra Prayaga

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You should draw the Gaussian surface for which you are calculating the charge enclosed.

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