Module 2
:
Electrostatics
Lecture 8
:
Properties Of Conductors
At the surface of a conductor, the electric field is normal to the surface.
If this were not so, the charges on
the surface would move along the surface because of the tangential component of the field, disturbing equilibrium.
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