In Chapter 17, we argued that the electric field inside a metal in equilibrium is always zero.
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In Chapter 17, we argued that the electric field inside a metal in equilibrium is always zero. In this chapter, we found that there is a nonzero electric field inside a current-carrying wire. How can both of these statements be correct?
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