Electric diffusion in cylindrical conductors from an extended irreversible thermodynamics perspective

F.E.M. Silveira

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2013, vol. 392, issue 8, 1818-1827

Abstract: Inertial effects on electric diffusion are explored in cylindrical conductors at the quasi-static limit. Such effects are described by introducing a finite relaxation time for the current density. When the electric field penetrates deeply into the conductor, it is shown that the surface inductance attains a minimum, Lm, if the radius of the cylinder acquires a critical value, ac. The proposed formulation is applied to aluminum at room temperature, and it is found that Lm∼22.1fH for ac∼35.1nm. This shows that inertial effects should be important at the nanoscale. The results presented here may be relevant for investigations in nanophotonics.

Keywords: Ohm’s law; Electric diffusion; Quasi-static limit; Skin effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.11.018

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