If the conductor is charged,
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electric field normal to the surface exists; this means potential will be
different for the surface and a point just outside the surface In a system of conductors of arbitrary size, shape and
charge configuration, each conductor is characterised by a constant
value of potential, but this constant may differ from one conductor to
the other 5 Electric field at the surface of a charged conductor
0
E=εσˆ
n
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