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The intrinsic impedance of free space is(a) 489(b) 265(c) 192(d) 377The question was asked in homework.My enquiry is from Plane Waves in Free Space topic in portion EM Wave Propagation of Electromagnetic Theory

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Right ANSWER is (d) 377

To EXPLAIN: The INTRINSIC impedance is the SQUARE root of ratio of the permeability to the permittivity. In free SPACE, the permeability and the permittivity is same as the absolute permeability and permittivity respectively. This is due to unity permeability and permittivity in free space. Thus η = √(μ/ε), where absolute permeability is given by 4π x 10^-7 and absolute permittivity is given by 8.854 x 10^-12. The intrinsic impedance will be 377 ohms.



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