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What happens when a conductor is placed in an external electric field?
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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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Solution:
The free charge carriers move and charge distribution in the conductor adjusts itself in such a way that the electric field due to induced charges opposes the external field within the conductor. This happens until in the static situation, the two fields cancel each other and the net electrostatic field in the conductor is zero.