Static electric fields never exist inside the good conductors. Why?

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Static electric fields never exist inside the good conductors. Why?

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Firstly lets draw the diagram to show the electric field:

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For 1st case:

The two parallel plates carrying positive charge on one plate and negative charge on the other plate.  The electric field is getting generated in from positive to negative direction.

For 2nd case:

A conductor is placed in between the two parallel plates which have positive charge on one plate and negative on other as done above.

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