Potential of a Charged Conductor – Rankers Physics
Topic: Electrostatics
Subtopic: Electric Potential

Potential of a Charged Conductor

If some positive charge is given to a solid conductor, then its potential is
Minimum at surface
Zero at centre
Same throughout the conductor
Maximum somewhere outside the surface

Solution:

The electric field inside a conductor is zero, so no work is done in moving a charge inside it. Consequently, the potential is constant and same throughout the conductor.

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