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DCS# 5B20.00NWU#  D-18Location:    10 A 4
title: Gausian Surface
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Description:
Amber plastic represents a charged plate.  The rods represent the electric field lines from these charges.  The cylinder is a gausian surface with no field through the sides, but field through the ends.
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