Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The interior of a conductor can have no ...

The interior of a conductor can have no excess charge in the static situation'. Explain

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

A neutral conductor has equal amounts of positive and negative charges in every small volume or surface element.
When the conductor is charged the excess charge can reside only on the surface in the stadc situation.
Let us consider a Gaussian surface inside the conductor and close to the surface.
At all points inside the conductor `vecE` =0 hence from `phi_(E)=ointvecE.dvecS,phi_(E)=0`
According to Gauss.s law
v
Hence, there is no net charge at any point inside the conductor and any excess charge must reside at the surface.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise ( Section -A) Try Yourself|50 Videos
  • ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise Section B Numericals|16 Videos
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise BOARD.S QUESTION PAPER MARCH - 2020 (PART - B) SECTION - C|5 Videos
  • MAGNETISM AND MATTER

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise SECTION D Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (MCQs asked in Competitive Exams) MCQs asked in Board Exam and GUJCET|7 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Explain the difference in the behaviour of a conductor and dielectric in the presence of external electric field.

The source of electromagnetic waves can be a charge

Explain electrostatics of conductors. Explain the effects produced inside a metallic conductor placed in an external electric field.

Inside a conductor electrostatic field is zero'. Explain.

Explain electrostatic shielding with necessary diagram. OR Electric field inside hollow region of conductor in uniform electric field is same Explain.

At the surface of a charged conductor electrostatic field must be normal to the surface at every point'. Explain.

When any neutral conductor is made charged, its mass ……………………..

In each situation of column-I, some charge distributions are given with all details explained. In column -II The electrostatic potential energy and its nature is given situation in column -II. Match the proper entries from column-2 to column-1 using the codes given below the columns, Column-I

KUMAR PRAKASHAN-ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE-Section D ( MCQs asked in Cometitive Exams )
  1. The interior of a conductor can have no excess charge in the static si...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Capacitance of a capacitor 100 mu F. The work is done for depositing c...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance· C. It is discharged thro...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Two insulating plates arc both uniformly charged in such a way that th...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. An electric charge 10^(-3) muC is placed at the origin (0, 0) of X-Y c...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A battery is used to charge a parallel plate capacitor till the potent...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Potentials of points P and Q are 10 V and - 4 V respectively. Work d...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Two capacitors C(1) and C(2) are charged to 120 V and 200 V respectiv...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A parallel plate capacitor is made of two circular plates separated ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Assum that an electric field vecE = 30 x^(2) hati exists in space. The...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A combination of capacitors is set up as shown in the figure. The mag...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. An electrical technician requires a capacitance,of 2 muF in a circuit...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Consider A, D and C to be the co-centric shells of metal . Their radii...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 90 pF is connected to a bat...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A 60 pF capacitor is fully charged by a 20 V supply. It is then discon...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. If two capacitors C(1) and C(2) are connected in a parallel combinatio...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. lf the electric field around a surface is given by |vecE|=(Q)/(E(0)...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A parallel plate air capacitor of capacitance C is connected to a cell...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A parallel plate air capacitor has capacity 'C' distance of separation...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. In a certain region, the electric potential is given by the formula V(...

    Text Solution

    |

  21. A capacitor of 2 muF is charged as shown in the diagram . When the swi...

    Text Solution

    |