On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:39:58 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:


At higher frequency AC, current in a wire tends to avoid the center
and crowd near the surface, "skin effect."


Hmmm...

Copper does have a weak Hall effect. And the current through a round
wire does make a circular/transverse magnetic field. So, at very high
DC currents, is the current density a bit non-uniform?

John