UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II CHAPTER 18 1 Electric Fields $18.1 Conductors in electric field 1. Conductors A conductor is a material in which the electrons at the outer periphery of an atom have no great affinity for E any particular individual atom; they are not bounded to individual atom The electrons can move freely in the conductors F=-eE1 1. Conductors A conductor is a material in which the electrons at the outer periphery of an atom have no great affinity for any particular individual atom; they are not bounded to individual atom. The electrons can move freely in the conductors. F eE r r = − E r e §18.1 Conductors in electric field