diff --git a/education/physics/PHYS2220/Gauss's Law.md b/education/physics/PHYS2220/Gauss's Law.md index e82f550..3e39eb3 100644 --- a/education/physics/PHYS2220/Gauss's Law.md +++ b/education/physics/PHYS2220/Gauss's Law.md @@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ While there's nothing directly *flowing* in an electric field, the term flux is In the simplest case with a uniform field of magnitude $E$ perpendicular to an area $A$, the flux is described as follows: $$ \Phi = EA$$ - $E$ refers to the amplitude -- $A$ refers to the area \ No newline at end of file +- $A$ refers to the area + +If the area is tilted relative to the field, then the strength of the field is reduced by a factor of $\cos \theta$, where $\theta$ is the angle between the electric field $\vec{E}$ and a vector $\vec{A}$ that's normal to the surface. This generalizes our flux equation to $\Phi = EA\cos\theta$ \ No newline at end of file