Editing Maxwell's equations (section)

=== Gauss's law ===
{{Main|Gauss's law}}
[[File:VFPt charges plus minus thumb.svg|thumb|upright=0.5|Electric field from positive to negative charges]]
[[Gauss's law]] describes the relationship between an [[electric field]] and [[electric charge]]s: an electric field points away from positive charges and towards negative charges, and the net [[electric flux|outflow]] of the electric field through a [[Gaussian surface|closed surface]] is proportional to the enclosed charge, including bound charge due to polarization of material. The coefficient of the proportion is the [[vacuum permittivity|permittivity of free space]].