A coaxial cable is made up of two conductors, one which has a radius of 1.5 cm (inner conductor) and one which has a radius of 5 cm (outer conductor). The space between the two conductors is filled with a medium. The length of the cable is 200 m. A potential difference of 3 kV is maintained between the conductors. a) Use the analogy between the electric flux density and conduction current density fields to calculate the current through the medium (

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A coaxial cable is made up of two conductors, one which has a radius of 1.5 cm (inner conductor) and one which has a radius of 5 cm (outer conductor). The space between the two conductors is filled with a medium. The length of the cable is 200 m.

A potential difference of 3 kV is maintained between the conductors.
a) Use the analogy between the electric flux density and conduction current density fields to calculate the current through the medium (medium which is characterised by Er = 1.8 and σ = 10 µS/m).
b) Calculate the power dissipated in the medium

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