Re: Water As Dielectric

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Subject: Re: Water As Dielectric
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 23:48:14 -0600
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From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Saturday, November 08, 1997 8:15 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Water As Dielectric

On Friday, November 07, 1997 6:07 PM Alfred C. Erpel
[SMTP:aerpel-at-op-dot-net] wrote;

>      Is distilled water considered to be a viable dielectric material for a
> plate capacitor? High voltage vs. low voltage? DC vs. RF?  Since it's k=80+
> it would seem to be a good choice.  As a toolmaker, I would have no problem
> making a sealed, watertight plexiglas cube, void of air, with evenly spaced
> copper plates inside, and I would like to do this if someone doesn't tell me
> it is a dumb idea.
>      What is water's dielectic strength? I did a search on the internet for
> this value and the only thing I kept finding was it's dielectric constant.

Alfred, I think almost every one of us got a gleam in our eyes when we
found out how high the dielectric constant of water was! BUT we all also
become equally disappointed when we find out how extremly difficult it is
to get water pure enough to be in any way considered non-conductive. I
don't know what the dielectric strength  of 'pure' water is, but I do know
it dosen't take much voltage at all for water to become quite conductive.
I have heard of many individuals whot tried to make water dielectric
capacitors and none have ever succeded.

                               Sincerely

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