Characteristic impedance, definition

Propagation constant F and characteristic impedance Zq of a conductor are frequency dependent as they are functions of the impedance of the conductor, as explained in Section 1.2. It should be noted that a and p in Section 1.3.4.1 (see Figure 1.10) are not frequency dependent (in the sense discussed in this section). The frequency dependence of the attenuation constant a(co) and phase constant P(co) in Section 1.3.4.1 comes from the definition of impedance Z and admittance Fof a conductor ... 

The definition of the characteristic impedance of a single-phase line is... 

It should be noted that the definition of Equation 1.202 proposed by the author in 1973 is effective only for a semi-infinite line or for a time period of 2t, where x is the traveling time of a line [20,21]. Also, the defiiution requires further study in conjunction with the wave equation in the time domain because it has not been proved that this definition expresses the physical behavior of the time-dependent characteristic impedance. 

For this, the definition and concept of a propagation constant (attenuation and propagation velocity) and a characteristic impedance are introduced. 

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For definition of the different characteristic resonance frequencies, the locus of impedance Z = R+jX (a) and admittance Y = l/Z = G + jB (h) of a bare quartz crystal are shown in Fig. 12 (for better distinction Rs has been set to 160 12 here, a typical value for single-side liquid load). The definilions are summarized in Table 2 [34]. 

More definite conclusions may be drawn on the basis of exhaustive analysis of impedance spectra that carry information not only on the kinetics of faradaic processes but also on the characteristics of a double electric layer. As for gluconate systems, such investigations are scarce. A great variety of Nyquist plots (relationships between real, and imaginary, components of impedance) are demonstrated in Ref [99] that deal with the deposition of tin from neutral gluconate baths, but no quantitative analysis is presented. As we established earlier [100, 101], Nyquist plots obtained at open-circuit potentials for surfactant-free solutions are nothing else than lines that were observed over an entire range of applied frequencies. This means that Sn(II) reduction is mainly controlled by diffusive mass transport. 

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