Class 12PhysicsElectric Potential and CapacitanceConductor, Electrostatic Shielding, Induced Charge and Charge Redistribution on conductor
EasyBy keeping a conductor in an external electric field and from the results obtained by electrostatics,which of the following options is wrong?
- AInside a conductor,the electrostatic field is zero.
- BThe interior of the conductor has excess charge in a static situation.
- CAt the surface of a charged conductor,the electric field must be perpendicular to the surface.
- DThe electrostatic potential is constant throughout the volume of the conductor.
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