Q.
Figure below shows a hollow conducting body placed in an electric field. Which of the quantities are zero inside the body?
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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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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.
