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collectedsoul
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I'm having some difficulty applying Gauss's Law to metal plates. From what I've studied it seems to me that Gauss's Law only really works when there is spherical symmetry, in all other cases it is an approximation. Am I correct in inferring this?
However, in a case where the distance between two charged metal plates is small compared to their length, Gauss's Law can be applied to find electric field between the plates by the equation
E = [itex]q/[/itex][itex]\epsilon[/itex]A
My question is what if the distance between the plates is now increased, according to Gauss' Law the electric field would be the same. But according to Coulomb it should go down, so what really happens in this case?
However, in a case where the distance between two charged metal plates is small compared to their length, Gauss's Law can be applied to find electric field between the plates by the equation
E = [itex]q/[/itex][itex]\epsilon[/itex]A
My question is what if the distance between the plates is now increased, according to Gauss' Law the electric field would be the same. But according to Coulomb it should go down, so what really happens in this case?