Re: Glass/poly and more...

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Glass/poly and more...
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:17:35 -0500
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From: 	Phil Chalk[SMTP:philoc-at-ozemail-dot-com.au]
Sent: 	Wednesday, September 17, 1997 6:03 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Glass/poly and more...

Tesla List wrote:

> From:   Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
> Sent:   Tuesday, September 16, 1997 9:27 PM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:        Re: Glass/poly and more...
>
> Hmmmm.....
>
> > From:   Daryl P. Dacko[SMTP:mycrump-at-cris-dot-com]
> > Sent:   Tuesday, September 16, 1997 6:35 AM
> > To:     Tesla List
> > Subject:    Re: Glass/poly and more...
> >
>
> >
> > Water has a very high (I'm on vacation and lost without my books)
> dieletric
> > constant.

Distilled water, K  ~ 80, apparently !!!

> >
> > It would make sense to me that if glass sat in contact with water,
> it would
> > make a better cap due to it's dieletric constant increase.
> >
> > Q.E.D.
> >
> > Daryl
>
> Unfortunately, water dissolves glass slowly which increases the ionic
> content of the water and makes a less than suitable dielectric.
>
> QED?
> Malcolm

But the water ain't the dielectric.............

Phil C.