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The percentage of the incident power density transmitted into the copper.
Answer to Problem 12.1P
The percentage of the incident power density transmitted into the copper is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
A uniform plane wave in air
Concept Used:
First, we find out the intrinsic impedance for the given conductor (copper in our case).
For a good conductor like copper, the intrinsic impedance is,
Then, we calculate the reflection coefficient by using the below formula,
Calculation:
First, we calculate the intrinsic impedance for copper.
For a good conductor like copper, the intrinsic impedance is
For copper
And
Using
The reflection coefficient can be calculated as below:
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