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Using a cell phone to investigate the skin depth effect in salt water

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Rayner, John

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American Association of Physics Teachers

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This paper describes an experimental investigation of the skin depth effect for electromagnetic waves in salt water using a cell phone that is immersed to a critical depth where it no longer responds when called. We show that this critical depth is directly proportional to the theoretical skin depth for a range of salt concentrations

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The Physics Teacher

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