Conductors and Electric Fields

Electric Flux

The product of the electric field and area vector.

Gauss’s Law

The net number of electric field lines passing through an imaginary surface is proportional to the amount of a net charge enclosed within that surface.

Zero

The electric field is _________ everywhere inside a charge conductor

Entirely on the surface

Any excess charge on an isolated

conductor resides ______ of the conductor.

Perpendicular

The electric field at the outer surface of a charge conductor is __________ to the surface.