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Which of the following statements is incorrect about electrostatics of conductors?

A

If you are inside a charged conducting box, you can safely touch any point on the inside walls of the box without being electrocuted.

B

Electric field intensity at the surface of a charged conductor `vec E = sigma /epsilon_0 (hat n) ` , where `sigma` is surface charge density and ` hat n` is a unit vector normal to the surface in outward direction.

C

Inside a conductor electrostatic field is zero.

D

The interior of a cavity free conductor can have excess charge in the static situation.

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