Qstnid -I-6-one Of Your Friends Says That He Has Read In The Previous Chapters That There Can Be No Electric Field Inside A Conductor. Consequently, There Can Be No Current Through It. What Is The Fallacy Of This Argument? - 32: Electric Current In Conductors

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One of your friends says that he has read in the previous chapters that there can be no electric field inside a conductor. Consequently, there can be no current through it. What is the fallacy of this argument?
Ans : You have studied in the previous chapters that when a static charge is given to a metal, the charge resides on its surface and there is no electric field inside it. But this is not the case when a charge is in motion. Current can flow through a conductor only when an electric field is established inside it. An electric field exists inside the conductor, as it is connected to the battery. Thus, current flows through the conductor.
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