Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The electric field inside a conductor must be zero in all possible circumstances.
2. In static equilibrium, any excess charge on a conductor is uniformly spread on its surface.
3. A closed metal can (in static equilibrium) will perfectly shield a point in its interior from the static field of any external charged particle(s).
4. If the electric field at any point inside a conductor is nonzero, the metal is not in static equilibrium.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

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