Conductor with charge inside a cavity | Electrostatic potential & capacitance | Khan Academy

Consider a charge q, inside a cavity of a spherical conductor. Let's explore how the induced charges get redistributed in electrostatic conditions.

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[boopeshkumar]

The charge distribution on the outer surface doesn't depend on the charge distribution on inner surface so outer charge distribution must be uniform

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[preritsharma]

Fricking hell.. this is JEE Advanced level content right there, cleared all my doubts which i had on this topic! TYSM!
Tho i may have a doubt, is it possible to calculate the electric field's *value* inside the cavity? I think not, but i am not sure

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What if the sphere is grounded, would it have the same results? Please answer as soon as possible, Ty

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[avnishpathak]

Also positive charges are immobile in a solid conductor

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[albertomontecarlo]

Hi. I like your videos. I’m following a electromagnetism and I think that this problem (which is the Faraday ice pail) explain together different properties. As a person that is learning I don’t feel that your explanation when you say that the “outside word” is disconnected from the inside because you can imagine a Gaussian surface and so there is no flux through is the best explanation.. don’t get me wrong you can explain with Gauss law but I would try to give a different explanation without Gaus law of why outside there is not other option than uniformely distribution charge..