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For questions about materials which allow the flow of an electric charge (electrical conductors) or the transfer of heat (thermal conductors) through them.

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In a conductor responding to an external $E$-field do the electron clouds just shift slightl...

For a conductor in an external field, I would like to know whether the electron clouds of each atom, just shift slightly (resulting in positive charges just on one edge, and negative charges just on t …
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When electrons go to the outside surface of a conductor why doesn't that create an electric ...

If an isolated conductor has a net zero charge and is not in an external field, would the free charges still move to the surface of the conductor eg. a conducting sphere? Wouldn't this create an elect …
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