The second one, air is a poor conductor. If it weren't it wouldn't be used as such in construction. It's not the best insulator, but is quite efficient, and much cheaper to include a layer of air inside a wall than to add additional layers of asbestos :)
Alinearly polarized electromagnetic wave has an average intensity of 196 w/m^2. this wave is directed towards two ideal polarizers (in real polarizers, transmission is also effected by reflection and absorption). polarizer a is oriented with its transmission axis at an angle of θ_1=20.8∘ with the incident electric field. polarizer b has its axis at an angle of θ_2=63.0∘ with the incident electric field. what is the average intensity of the wave after it passes through polarizer a? what is the average intensity of the wave after it passes through polarizer b? suppose that the two polarizers a and b are interchanged. what would the average intensity be after passing through both polarizers?
You throw a small rock straight up from the edge of a highway bridge that crosses a river. the rock passes you on its way down, 7.00 s after it was thrown. what is the speed of the rock just before it reaches the water 28.0 m below the point where the rock left your hand? ignore air resistance.
Abeam of electrons moves at right angles to a magnetic field of 4.5 × 10-2 tesla. if the electrons have a velocity of 6.5 × 106 meters/second, what is the force acting on the electrons? the value of q = -1.6 × 10-19 coulombs.