Re: quantum of electric flux?

[Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

Responding to this:

> > Quantization would imply a finite number of field lines.
> > How many electric lines does an electron produce?

Leigh wrote:

> Unlike magnetism, where a line is a measurement of flux, no
> such unit exists for electric field. ...

The surface integral of E, appearing in Gauss's law, is the
flux. For example, the total flux into 4*Pi, or into a smaller
solid angle. What makes it conceptually different from the
surface integral of B?

I know that magnetic lines are always closed loops while
electric lines begin and end on charges. But why should
this be significant here?
Ludwik Kowalski