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What is the value of Electric field intensity at any point inside a charged holloAV spherical conductor

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What is the value of Electric field intensity at any point inside a charged hollow spherical conductor?

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The electric field intensity at any point inside a charged hollow spherical conductor is zero.

Here's the step-by-step explanation:

  1. Gauss's law states that the total electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge enclosed divided by the permittivity.

  2. If we consider a Gaussian surface inside the hollow sphere, there is no charge enclosed by this surface (since the charge resides on the outer surface of the conductor).

  3. Therefore, according to Gauss's law, the electric field inside the hollow sphere must be zero, because the flux through the Gaussian surface is zero.

  4. This is true for any point inside the hollow sphere, regardless of its location.

So, the electric field intensity inside a charged hollow spherical conductor is always zero.

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