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can we make electric current pass even in the inner region of a conductor wire ?

Nikhil Gowda , 10 Years ago
Grade 11
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Aarti Gupta

Last Activity: 10 Years ago

Yes it can be possible through skin effect.Skin effect is the tendency of an alternating electric current (AC) to become distributed within a conductor such that the current density is largest near the surface of the conductor, and decreases with greater depths in the conductor. The electric current flows mainly at the "skin" of the conductor, between the outer surface and a level called the skin depth. The skin effect causes the effective resistance of the conductor to increase at higher frequencies where the skin depth is smaller, thus reducing the effective cross-section of the conductor. The skin effect is due to opposing eddy currents induced by the changing magnetic field resulting from the alternating current.
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