Question

What is true about the direction of the electric field just outside the surface of a conductor

Answer 1

Answer:

The electric field on the surface of a conductor is perpendicular to its surface.

Explanation:

A conductor is a material that has the ability to transport electric charge through it.

Inside such a conductor that is in equilibrium, the electric field is zero, so that the charge accumulates on the surface of the conductor.

The electric field on the surface of a conductor is perpendicular to its surface.

This external electric field on the surface of the condutor can be calculated by Gauss's law, which establishes the equivalence of the flow across a surface with the net charge inside the conductor divided by the permittivity in the vacuum.