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If the total charge enclosed by a surface is zero, does it imply that the electric field every where on the surface is zero ?

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When q = 0, then by Gauss.s theoram `oint_s overset to E. overset to (dS)=q/epsilon_@ = 0`
Then electrostatic field may be normal to the surface, it is not necessary to be zero every where on the surface.
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