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- PHY102 Physics II © Dr.Cem Özdoğan
- If an excess charge is placed on an isolated conductor, that amount of charge will move entirely to the surface of the conductor.
- Inside a Conductor in electrostatic equilibrium, the electric field Is ZERO. Why?
- Because if the field is not zero, then charges inside
the conductor would be moving.
- Charges in a conductor redistribute themselves wherever they are needed to make the field inside the conductor ZERO.
- On the surface of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, the electric field is always perpendicular to the surface. Why?
- Because if not, charges on the surface of the conductors would move with the electric field.
- 23-6 A Charged Isolated Conductor