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Chapter 4: Q17DQ (page 981)

Can one have a displacement current as well as a conduction current within a conductor? Explain.

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Yes, both conduction and displacement current flow through the same conductor.

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The conduction current is defined by the expression dqdt, referring to the current carried by charge carriers in the wire, whereas the displacement current is generated by the time-varying electric field.

As a result, as demonstrated by the fourth Maxwell's equation, applying both the changing electric field via the conductor.


There is a conduction current density and a displacement current density when a current is induced in a conductor using an oscillating electric field.

Hence, yes, both conduction and displacement current flow through the same conductor.

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