A short time after a conductor is placed in an external electric field the net e

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A short time after a conductor is placed in an external electric field the net electric force felt by the mobile charge inside the conductor becomes zero. What explains this effect physically? Select One of the Following: (a) Mobile charges block the field lines. (b) Charge separates in response to the external field and sets up a field that cancels the external field in the conductor’s interior. (c) The surface atoms lose electrons to the air to block the field. (d) The atoms in the conductor absorb the electric field. (e) A Gaussian surface enclosing the conductor contains no net charge.

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" (b) Charge separates in response to the external field and sets up a field that cancels the external field in the conductor’s interior"

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