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  2. Alternating current - Wikipedia

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    An alternating current of any frequency is forced away from the wire's center, toward its outer surface. This is because an alternating current (which is the result of the acceleration of electric charge ) creates electromagnetic waves (a phenomenon known as electromagnetic radiation ).

  3. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum with a period of 2.8 s and a frequency of 0.36 Hz. For cyclical phenomena such as oscillations, waves, or for examples of simple harmonic motion, the term frequency is defined as the number of cycles or repetitions per unit of time.

  4. Root mean square - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding formula for a continuous ... f is frequency, ... a current of 10 amps used for 12 hours each 24-hour day represents an average current of 5 amps ...

  5. List of electromagnetism equations - Wikipedia

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    Inductor current fall = ... Circuit resonant frequency ... The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas. Cambridge University Press.

  6. Mathematics of three-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    One voltage cycle of a three-phase system, labeled 0 to 360° (2π radians) along the time axis. The plotted line represents the variation of instantaneous voltage (or current) with respect to time. This cycle repeats with a frequency that depends on the power system.

  7. Skin effect - Wikipedia

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    The current density inside round wire away from the influences of other fields, as function of distance from the axis is given by: [6]: 38 Current density in round wire for various skin depths. Numbers shown on each curve are the ratio of skin depth to wire radius. The curve shown with the infinity sign is the zero frequency (DC) case.

  8. Harmonics (electrical power) - Wikipedia

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    In a normal alternating current power system, the current varies sinusoidally at a specific frequency, usually 50 or 60 hertz. When a linear time-invariant electrical load is connected to the system, it draws a sinusoidal current at the same frequency as the voltage, although not always in phase with the voltage). [1]: 2

  9. Drude model - Wikipedia

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    At a resonance frequency , called the plasma frequency, the dielectric function changes sign from negative to positive and real part of the dielectric function drops to zero. ω p = n e 2 ε 0 m {\displaystyle \omega _{\rm {p}}={\sqrt {\frac {ne^{2}}{\varepsilon _{0}m}}}} The plasma frequency represents a plasma oscillation resonance or plasmon .