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Can there be electric potential at a point with zero electric intensity?

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Yes. There can exist potential at a point where the electrical intensity is zero.
Ex-1: In the case of charged spherical conductor, the intensity of the electric field is zero inside that conductor but the potential inside the spherical conductor is constant.
Ex-2: Consider the similar charges of equal magnitude separated by a distance. At the mid-point the electric field is zero.
But there exists some potential as the potential due to the charge are of same polarity.
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