Re: kent wax

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 

Hi All,

Must be some very special bees, since in CRC, "normal" beeswax is 
listed at only ~ 2-3. IIRC, Kent, England is/was a significant 
honey-producing area. Perhaps they had some way of processing it to 
form a better dielectric. Any UK members close enough to Kent to find out?

Matt D.


In a message dated 11/16/06 10:28:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I did a search last night and my logical conclusion was also Beeswax.

Bart

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Tesla list wrote:
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>>Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>At 03:34 PM 11/14/2006, Tesla list wrote:
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>>>Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>Hi, carnauba wax listed as 2.9 dielectric coe. and this kent wax is 6.5 to
>>>7.5 dielectric coe. superman looses this time. cul brian f.
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>>That's a very high epsilon.  I'd suspect it is a wax loaded with
>>particles of something else that has a high dielecric constant
>>(alumina, water?).  I found one vague reference to it being a
>>component in a lubricant, so I doubt it's alumina.  Tree Sap? Pine Tar?
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>Some searching turned up "kent box" as a kind of beehive, and kent
>beeswax got a few Google hits, so my guess is that it's beeswax.
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>Dan K.