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To: patton

> I wonder if she will live. Probably cooked her intestines. <

Not to worry. I think she'll do OK, intestine-wise.

As anybody schooled im matters of RF and AC should be able to tell you, the electric charge almost surely traveled via her skin, rather than having taken a relatively direct, "thru the gut" route.

In any event, the "skin effect" is a phenomenon well-known to physicists and electrical engineers. I believe it was first explained by none other than Lord Kelvin, he of heat fame.

For a technical application of Maxwell's equations to the skin effect, you'll want to check out this reference:

http://fermi.la.asu.edu/w9cf/skin/index.html


25 posted on 10/15/2006 8:47:47 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Hawthorn

Not messing with that demon.


26 posted on 10/15/2006 8:50:19 AM PDT by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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