What is the amount of electric field passing through a surface called? A. Electric flux. B. Gauss's law. C. Electricity. D. Charge surface density. E. None of the above.

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Talan Riggs

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26 January, 12:53

What is the amount of electric field passing through a surface called? A. Electric flux. B. Gauss's law. C. Electricity. D. Charge surface density. E. None of the above.

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Ana Carney · Answer 1

A. Electric flux

Explanation:

Electric flux is the rate of flow of the electric field through a given area (see). Electric flux is proportional to the number of electric field lines going through a virtual surface.

Electric flux has SI units of volt metres (V m), or, equivalently, newton metres squared per coulomb (N m2 C-1). Thus, the SI base units of electric flux are kg·m3·s-3·A-1.