Question

Why is there no electric field at the center of a charged spherical conductor?

Answer 1

Conductor:

1. It is a substance that allows the electricity flow through it.

Electric Field:

1. It is the physical field surrounding electrically charged particles. It exerts force on all other charged particles in the field to either attract or repel them.
2. These lines start from positive charges and terminate at negative charges.

Electric field inside a charged spherical conductor:

1. The charge in a spherical conductor will move around until it gets equally distributed on its surface and therefore, all charges are at equal distances from others.
2. So, for every charge there is an equal charge in its opposite direction. These charges cancel outs each others electric fields.

Hence, there is no electric field at the center of a charged spherical conductor.