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Re: Water As Dielectric




From: 	Alfred C. Erpel[SMTP:aerpel-at-op-dot-net]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 09, 1997 10:29 AM
To: 	'Tesla List'; Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Water As Dielectric

AE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
     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.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<AE

Ted>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It would not work. Actually, Meyer invented an efficient mean of splitting
water using this idea. Go to
http://www.newphys.se/elektromagum/physics/KeelyNet/, then choose "Energy",
download the files MEYER1.ASC and MEYER2.ASC. Also, it is not a dumb idea at
all. Never suppress creativity and ingenuity!
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Ted


    Thanks to everyone for their responses on this question. And I welcome
any additional comments that add to/enmbellish/disagree with points already
made.  I tried the above URL and got "file not found".  Maybe server off on
the weekend. Will try again during the week.

Regards,
Alfred