Answer to Question #89208 in Electricity and Magnetism for Sridhar

Question

For a plane electromagnetic wave propagating in conducting medium the average to Total energy density is
1)proportional to square of the electric field
2)proportional to electric field 3)proportional to magnetic field 4)inversely proportional to square of the electric field

Answer 1

Of the four proposed answers, the first one is the least incorrect, so the average to Total energy density is

1)proportional to square of the electric field