Re: math woes

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Renee,

Check the post at:

http://www.pupman-dot-com/listarchives/2000/February/msg00165.html

Also searching the archives at:

http://www.pupman-dot-com/htsearch.html

for "skin depth human body" turns up a bunch of info on this.

Cheers,

        Terry

At 09:38 PM 11/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: 
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> I'm terrible at math, and worse at applying it.  
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> I want to find the skin depth penetration of certain diameters of human body
> parts in centimeters(thumb, chest) using a resistivity of 40 ohm-meters for
> skin covered flesh and then 70 for open flesh, and using 10,000hz.
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> I've got the formula, but am having difficulty as I don't grasp it, and I've
> seen two versions.  I'd much appreciate if someone (very patiently and as if
> you were explaining to a sixth grader) could just map out in a formula where
> I would plug in what, (and in what units) and how I can change the result to
> centimeters?  
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> I'd appreciate the help.  (This is not homework, I'm 43, and tesla fascinated
> but inept.)
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> renee
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