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ELECTRIC FLUX

ELECTRIC FLUX

by ankit dhingra -
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RESPECTED SIR,

                   MANY PEOPLE SAY ELECTRIC FLUX HAS GOT NO PHYSICAL MEANING. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS  ELECTRIC FLUX AND WHY IT HAS GOT NO PHYSICAL MEANING?

In reply to ankit dhingra

Re: ELECTRIC FLUX

by Manish Verma -
When a physical phenomenon cannot be "seen", it becomes more difficult to understand it. Two opposite charges attract each other can be verified by the movement or stickiness of charges but why do they do so, i.e. what is pulling them cannot be seen.

To visualise what is pulling them, the concept of lines is introduced. It is imagined that the place surrounding a charge is immersed with these lines and another charge kept there experiences force.