What are you, a TROLL? You wrote "I always thought the voltage across an inductor was -Ldi/dt. Yet it cannot be ..." Silly boy.
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integral_loop_E.dl = integral_area_B.dA. Why doesn't it work to include the inductor?
In a non-conservative field, the voltages across components in parallel doesn't equal one another in general. Have a look at my reply to Win.
Are you that important that I should want to?
Yes.
John
With hindsight, I think I have to agree with you. I should have said "I always thought that an EMF = Ldi/dt was generated INSIDE the conductor of an inductor. In fact the EMF is infinitesimally small i.e. 0 if it has a resistance of 0R and carries a finite current."
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the problem with that line of reasoning is that the voltmeter is outside the conductor.
Bye. Jasen
How does that create a problem in my reasoning? I'm just using Faraday's law for the loop consisting of the inductor, leads and voltmeter. E.dl through inductance and leads is zero , with E.dl through the voltmeter making up the rest = Ldi/dt.
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