CBSE Class 12-science Answered
Why the electrostatic field is zero in the interior of a conductor?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 23 Apr, 2015, 10:31: AM
Expert Answer
When a conductor is placed in an electric field, its electrons begin to move in the opposite direction to that of external electric field
(
). Due to this external field, negative and positive charges are induced on two ends of the surface of the conductor. The process continues till the electric field (
) set up by the charges becomes equal and opposite to the external field. Hence, the net field 
inside the conductor will be zero.
Answered by | 23 Apr, 2015, 12:31: PM
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