Overall Electric flux of a rigid body

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The overall electric flux of a closed surface is defined as the sum of all infinitesimal fluxes across its infinitesimal surfaces. This concept remains applicable even when considering a rigid body, such as a stone. The electric flux for the stone is determined by the difference between the electric field lines entering and exiting its surface. The principle of calculating flux through a surface applies universally, regardless of whether the surface is closed or part of a rigid body. Understanding this relationship is crucial for analyzing electric fields in various contexts.
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When we looked at some closed surface, we defined the overall electric flux of that surface as the sum of all infinitesimal fluxes of all the infinitesimal surfaces that make the quoted closed surface. Does that change if we do not have a closed surface, but a rigid body such as, let's say, a stone? What would the electric flux of that stone be?
 
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Hello Lushikato, :welcome:

Same thing. What goes in minus what goes out. And going in and out can only be through the surface ...
 
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All right, thank you!
 
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