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I seem to be having trouble grasping a very basic principle in electromagnetism. I have been told, in numerous places, that the electric field inside a conductor is zero. (Electrostatics). Yet I keep coming across problems in the textbook like this one:
"Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field inside a uniformly charged sphere (charge density 'ro')."
where for Q[enclosed] = charge density * volume
However, don't all the charges move to the surface of the sphere? and the electric field IN the sphere is subsequently zero?
"Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field inside a uniformly charged sphere (charge density 'ro')."
where for Q[enclosed] = charge density * volume
However, don't all the charges move to the surface of the sphere? and the electric field IN the sphere is subsequently zero?