Electric field between two charged plates

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The electric field between two positively charged plates is uniform and directed from one plate to the other, with the field strength depending on the charge density and distance between the plates. When the plates are not infinite but have a small distance relative to their size, edge effects may occur, potentially complicating the field distribution. However, in general, a conductor placed in this field will not induce a charge, as like charges repel and the field remains uniform. The assumption that the field is zero between the plates is incorrect; instead, it is constant and non-zero in the region between them. Understanding these principles clarifies the behavior of charges in the presence of electric fields.
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Is there any possible way that an electric field between two positivly charged plates (charge is the same on both of them) could induce a charge in a conductor that is put in this field?
 
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First answer the question: what is the field in between those two plates (assuming infinite plates)?

Knowing the answer to that will automatically answer your question.

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They are not infinite plates. But there distance from each other is comperably small to there own size. So what is your opinion? I understand that the field has to be zero between the plates but maybe there are some kind of other effects that would make it different...
 
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