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Skin depth

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025717

The effective depth of penetration in a conducting medium of electromagnetic energy (when displacement currents can be ignored); the depth at which the amplitude of a plane wave has been attenuated to 1/e or 0.37.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025717
FieldEnvironment
SubjectScience and research
ReferencesEnvironmental Geophysics Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025717",
  "term": "Skin depth",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The effective depth of penetration in a conducting medium of electromagnetic energy (when displacement currents can be ignored); the depth at which the amplitude of a plane wave has been attenuated to 1/e or 0.37.",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Geophysics Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/skin-depth/"
}

Record 25,717 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.