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Why can a conductor's surface field have no tangential part?
ASurface charges would move along it
BInterior charges would flow outward
CThe surface would turn dielectric
DThe conductor would lose its charge
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Surface charges would move along it
A tangential field would push free surface charges along the surface, which contradicts the static situation.
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