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Re: Using skin effect
Subject: Re: Using skin effect
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 06:59:01 -0700
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
Organization: Stoneridge Engineering
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Tesla List wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: Using skin effect
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:48:15 +0500
> From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:03:26 +1200 Malcolm Watts
>
> > HI Alfred, all,
> > One skin depth in copper is 66/SQRT(f) mm.
>
> I had checked my notes and found the equation 2.6/SQRT{f} inches.
> Which when multiplied by 2.54 to convert to mm. yields 66.04/SQRT{f}
> mm. which compares favorable with your equation.
>
> > The definition of a skin depth is that distance inwards to the point
> > where current has dropped to 1/e of its total value. The equation
> > above has resistivity factored in so will be different for silver.
>
> Hmmm, in my notes the equation is listed as being independent of
> materials or resistance.
>
> > In fact, the skin depth on silver is not as deep due to the higher
> > conductivity. If a silver film is not thick enough I have heard
> > things could actually be worse than bare copper.
>
Alfred,
It turns out it is a function of the resistivity AND the magnetic
permeability (u) of the conductor. The latter is usually ignored, since
u for silver or copper are approximately unity. A somewhat more exact
form of this equation is:
x = Pi*D*SQRT(2*u*F/p)
where: D = Diameter in cm
u = permeability of the conductor
F = Frequency (Hertz)
p = specific resistivity of conductor, ohm-cm^-3
x = penetration depth (cm)
Plugging in 1.724 X10^-6 ohm-cm^-3 for Cu and changing the units results
in the shorthand form of the equation that Malcolm presented and you
confirmed. Since silver has has greater p than copper, x is less.
<SNIP>
-- Bert --