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Where do the electrical charges reside in a charged conductor?
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- at the core
- throughout the body
- depended upon the nature of the body
- outer surface of the body
- at the core
Correct Option: D
In all conductors, charges reside on the surface. The reason for this is that conductors have free electrons, that is, the electrons are loosely attached to the nucleus of the atoms in the conductors. When a solid conductor in equilibrium carries a net charge, the charge resides on the outer surface of the conductor. Besides, the electric field just outside the conductor is perpendicular to the surface and that the field inside is zero.
