The electric field inside a metal sphere, whether solid or hollow, remains zero when the sphere is uncharged or positively charged. This is due to the conductive properties of metal, allowing free movement of charges that rearrange to cancel any internal electric field. At equilibrium, the electric field inside any conductor, including hollow spheres, is definitively zero.
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Metal is a conductor, so the charges are free to move wherever they want inside it. They will rearrange themselves to cancel out any field inside the sphere. So at equilibrium the electric field inside a conductor is zeroIron_Man_123 said:The electric field inside an uncharged metal sphere is initially zero.
If the sphere is the positively charged, the field at the center of the sphere will be...?
No it doesn't matter, The same thing will happen producing a zero electric field inside the hollow sphereIron_Man_123 said:Does the answer change if the sphere is hollow?