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Electric Potential Due to Shell

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Why is electrostatic potential constant throughout the volume of the conductor and has the same value (as inside) on its surface?

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The reason is that the electric field inside the conductor is zero.
So, $Δ V = 0 \Rightarrow V_{1} - V_{2} = 0$
or $V_{1} = V_{2}$ , it means that the potential at every point is same inside the conductor.

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