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Questions about a Conductor in an Electric Field
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[QUOTE="DaveE, post: 6812756, member: 644223"] The field inside the conductor, induced by charge displacement, can be thought of as originating at the + charges on the left surface and ending at the - charges at the right surface. This field cancels the externally generated field inside the conductor, but isn't (very) present outside of the conductor. From far away, the shift of charges inside the conductor isn't significant, an observer out there just sees + and - charges in a relatively small space far away that cancel each other. [/QUOTE]
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