Conduction and Displacement Current – Rankers Physics
Topic: Electromagnetic Waves
Subtopic: Ampere's Law and Displacement Current

Conduction and Displacement Current

Assertion (A): Conduction and displacement current may be present in the same region of space.
Reason (R): There is no perfectly conducting or perfectly insulating medium.
 
Both (A) \(&\) (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) \(&\) (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

In a real dielectric medium with some conductivity, both conduction current (due to charge movement) and displacement current (due to changing electric fields) can exist simultaneously. As no material is perfectly conducting or insulating, this coexistence is possible.

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