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Figure 3.3 The effect of conductivity on coil impedance.<br />

How the further decrease in<br />

inductive reactance accompanying<br />

by decrease in resistance (!) is<br />

rationalized on this part of curve?<br />

The answer?:<br />

With further increase in conductivity σ<br />

passing “P 2 ”, eddy current is induced<br />

with lesser effort i.e. less resistive losses.<br />

When the conductivity of the material approaches<br />

infinity (a super conductor), the resistive losses will<br />

again approach zero. With very highly conductive<br />

materials, eddy current flow will be very high and<br />

the strong secondary field will reduce the reactance<br />

of the coil to point “P 3 ”.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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