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Using Gauss's law obtain the expression for the electric field due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius R at a point outside the shell. Draw a graph showing the variation of electric tield with r, for r gt R and r lt R.

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(a) Using Gauss's law, derive an expression for the electric field intensity at any point outside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius R and charge density sigma C//m^(2) . Draw the field lines when the charge density of the sphere is (i) positive, (ii) negative. (b) A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.5 m in diameter has a surface charge density of 100 mu C//m^(2) . Calculate the (i) charge on the sphere (ii) total electric flux passing through the sphere.