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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Electrostatics of Conductors
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Concepts tested
- Conductor is an equipotential
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2002 AIPMT 1 question
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Some charge is being given to a conductor. Then its potential : -In electrostatic equilibrium, the electric field inside a conductor is zero (E = 0), and all the charge resides on the outer surface.
Since $E = -\dfrac{dV}{dr} = 0$, the potential does not change from point to point inside.
So the potential is the same everywhere inside and on the surface; the conductor is an equipotential body.
So the potential remains the same throughout the conductor.