What is Law of Electrostatic Attraction?

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Gauss's Law is a statement of the relationship between electric charge and the flux. The flux is a visualisation of the electric field due to the charges. From Gauss's Law it is possible to derive Coulomb's "Law." Alternatively by stating Coulomb's Law, Gauss's "Law" can be derived. Gauss's Law states that the net flux flowing over a closed surface equals the net charge enclosed by the surface. The flux can be considered as analogous to an incompressible fluid flowing from a positive charge and terminating on a negative charge. In the following it will be proven that the flux equals the charge. If the closed surface encloses an isolated charge, the flux crossing the surface equals the charge. If a closed surface encloses a positive and negative charge of equal magnitude, as shown in the above diagram, the net flux is zero. Some flux will "flow" directly from the positive to the negative charge. Other flux from the positive charge will flow out over the closed surface and back in again to terminate on the negative charge. If the surface encloses no charge, flux flowing into the volume defined by the surface will flow out across the surface.

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