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Q. Figure below shows a hollow conducting body placed in an electric field. Which of the quantities are zero inside the body?Physics Question Image

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Solution:

Electric field is always zero inside a conductor. If there is any excess of charge on a hollow conductor it always resides on the outer surface of conductor. Therefore inside a hollow conductor there is no charge and hence charge density is zero.