1. Mar 22, 2010 #1

   Godwin Kessy

   

   Do both conductors and insulators allow electric fields through and why?

    

   Godwin Kessy, Mar 22, 2010
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3. Mar 22, 2010 #2

   Dale

   

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   No, conductors block EM waves. That is the principle behind a Faraday cage.

    

   Dale, Mar 22, 2010
4. Mar 23, 2010 #3

   Godwin Kessy

   

   hey! Isnt that all about faradays cage is the principle under gaussians law, and by the way why conductors dont allow electric field pass through as the insulators do?

    

   Godwin Kessy, Mar 23, 2010
5. Mar 23, 2010 #4

   ideasrule

   

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   The electrons in a conductor are free to move. If there were an electric field, the electrons would accelerate. The only way for a conductor to be at equilibrium is for the electric field to be 0.

    

   ideasrule, Mar 23, 2010
6. Mar 24, 2010 #5

   Godwin Kessy

   

   Thanks man!

    

   Godwin Kessy, Mar 24, 2010

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