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Re: Capacitor charge, were is it?
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Tesla List wrote:
> Ergo, your hypothesis that the "charge is ONLY found in the
> dielectric" is necessarily bogus!
>
Here's my hypothesis on the matter:
What if the charge is stored in *both* the dialectric and the plates?
When the dialectric or the plates are removed, the remaining charge in
both the dialectric and the plates would be diminished, but not
discharged. For example, in an air variable cap, whence the air is blown
away the dialectric has been replaced, and the charge that the cap holds
is diminished. Any thoughts? TTYL!
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