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Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor

Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor

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Subhrojeet Dutta
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6 years ago
Suppose a conductor ABCD is held in an electric field of intensity E .free electrons move from AB to CD.As a result some neg. Charge appears on CD and an equal and opp charge apppear on AB.They produce an induced electric field £.As the applied field becomes equal to the induced field indide the conductor and are opposite in direction therefore net electric field inside a conductor is zero

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