why is a conductor an equipotential volume?

In a conductor,electric field =0(inside) and volume of the conductor is at the same potential on its surface so conductors are called equipotential volumes.

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a conductor has all its charge distributed on its surface and so the potential at the points inside it is zero. so it is an equipotential volume.

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 Inside a conductor, as we know that free electrons are present... as a result they would experience a force and drift. But in static situation the free charges are so distributed that they would cancel out each other forces and net electric firld wiil be zero.......Now since the electric field inside a conductor is zero that means the potential is const. inside a conductor, which means the inside of a conductor is an equipotential region.............CHEERS!!!

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