While Ralph Morrison is not the last word on electromagnetism, I am not questioning his expertise, because I did read your links (and have one of his books), and there is nothing in them that disagrees with what I wrote Jea48. I am not questioning Ralph Morrison's understanding, I am questioning yours.
Why would I read the other thread you linked to. With the exception of almarg who always writes clearly, it is mainly a miss-mash of misconceptions and partial truths and I have better things that go through it in detail.
How much energy is outside the conductor and how much inside the
conductor? If it 80% - 20%? Maybe 50% - 50%? 95% - 5%? If most of the
“energy” travels outside the conductor please explain all the heartburn
over skin effect, for which very high frequencies travel closer to the
surface and lower frequencies travel deeper inside the conductor. Also,
frequencies of what? Thanks in advance.
Almost all the energy is outside the conductor. The product of the electric field and magnetic field inside the conductor is near 0, assuming a good conductor. The E-field penetrates the conductor causing charge to move inducing the magnetic field, and with high frequency, that e-field does not penetrate much into the conductor, but in either case, almost all the energy is outside the conductor.
