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Homework Statement
Find the leakage conductance per meter of a cylindrical coax cable whose inner conductor (r1) is 0.125" (3.175*10^-3 m) and whose outer conductor (r2) = 0.5" (1.27*10^-2 m) if the space between them is filled with a material whose: [tex]\varepsilon_r = 2[/tex] and [tex]\sigma_c = 6*10^{-8} \mho /m.[/tex]
Homework Equations
I used this formula for calculating the resistance of the coax wire:
[tex] R = \dfrac{ln (\dfrac{r2}{r1})}{l2\pi\sigma_c}[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
After solving for R, I get
[tex] R = \dfrac{ln (\dfrac{1.27*10^{-2}}{3.175*10^{-3}})}{(1)2\pi(6*10^{-8})} = 3.667 M\Omega[/tex]
My question is, do I just invert R in order to get the line leakage conductance? It seems like I should be using the relative permittivity somewhere in the calculation, but not sure where. Thanks in advance.