Electric field inside a conductor

Woopydalan

Hello,

I was curious, why is that for an electric field to be zero, the conductor must be in static equilibrium, but when charges are moving, the electric field is nonzero?

davenn

hi ya

here's a site with a description that should clear things up for you
... http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Clas...tics/u8l4d.cfm

hopefully that helps :)

Dave

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Woopydalan	Electric field inside a conductor Hello, I was curious, why is that for an electric field to be zero, the conductor must be in static equilibrium, but when charges are moving, the electric field is nonzero?

davenn Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor	hi ya here's a site with a description that should clear things up for you ... http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Clas...tics/u8l4d.cfm hopefully that helps :) Dave