Re: Plate thickness

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Subject: Re: Plate thickness
From: EDHARRIS-at-MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 16:01:27 -0500 (EST)
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But then I releazed, I don't remember what happens when the conductor is
thinner than the skin effect.

                Any RF engineers out there? fred-at-triumf? ed-at-alumni?
russ-at-harris?

                        jim-at-to_longago:)

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Well, Malcolm already answered that question. When a conductor is a 
fraction of a skin depth there is essentially no difference between the AC 
and DC conductivity or resistance. This is because the metal is not thick 
enough to support a "reactive" eddy current in opposition to the applied 
current.

-Ed Harris