An isolated, charged conductor is in electrostatic equilibrium. Which statement is correct?
a. The net charge is never zero inside the conductor

b. The electric field is always zero just outside the conductor.
c. The charge density on the conductor's surface is greatest where the surface is sharpest.
d. None of these statements are correct.


c

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