Conductors and Electrostatic Equilibrium

Tuesday, 11 September 2018

5:49 PM

1. Electric field is zero everywhere inside the conductor (no net force on charges)
2. If a conductor does have a net charge, those charges lie on the surface (Gauss' Law)
3. The electric field outside is perpendicular to the surface, and has magnitude
4. On an irregularly shaped conductor, the charge density is highest at the sharpest points