(November 25, 2015 at 6:55 pm)Quantum Wrote:(November 25, 2015 at 6:53 pm)Cato Wrote: The human body has an average resistance of about 300 ohms and cannot reasonably be considered a conductor; therefore, electromagnetic induction is not possible. The body is truly the load in the circuit described.
Do you think induced voltage depends on resistance?
Of course not. Having reread my post I see the potential confusion in my reply. I used 'and' to invoke an additional condition, not as 'therefore' where the validity of the latter statement was dependent on the former.
The material affected when considering electromagnetic induction is assumed to be a conductor, a general classification of materials (e.g. metals) that have the requisite molecular structure to support the concept of 'free' electrons dictated primarily by valence orbital sharing of electrons. For example, your not going to be very successful inducing a voltage in pure water.
