The electric field near a conducting surface having a uniform surface charge density $\sigma $ is given by

  • A

    $\frac{\sigma }{{{\varepsilon _0}}}$ and is parallel to the surface

  • B

    $\frac{{2\sigma }}{{{\varepsilon _0}}}$ and is parallel to the surface

  • C

    $\frac{\sigma }{{{\varepsilon _0}}}$ and is normal to the surface

  • D

    $\frac{{2\sigma }}{{{\varepsilon _0}}}$ and is normal to the surface

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