Question

Why is the electric field in a conductor zero?

Answer 1

Electric field:

1. An electric field is a physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts a force on all other charged particles in the field, attracting or repelling them.

Conductor:

1. A conductor is a material with a large number of free electrons available for current passage.
2. Because there are so many electrons, the force of repulsion between them is also very strong.
3. As a result, in order to reduce electron repulsion, electrons move to the conductor's surface.
4. Due to this, the net charge inside the conductor is zero resulting in zero electric field inside the conductor.

Thus, the electric field inside the conductor is zero.