alleryStart learning →Inside a dielectric in an external field, the net field is what compared with the external field?
ALarger than it
BSmaller than it
CExactly equal to it
DReversed in direction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Smaller than it
The induced polarisation field opposes the external one, so the net field is reduced.
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