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RE: LDPE (clear or white/translucent?) (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 14:17:20 -0700
From: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
To: 'Tesla List' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: RE: LDPE (clear or white/translucent?) (fwd)
Harri,
I was told it's pure PE so it should be fine. But just to be sure, I asked
them to FAX me the specification sheet before I'll buy it.
Thanks,
Brian B.
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:51:57 +0300
> From: Harri Suomalainen <haba-at-cc.hut.fi>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: LDPE (clear or white/translucent?) (fwd)
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> >I went to my local plastic supplier for LDPE (.030 mil) and what they had
> >wasn't clear. They called it white/translucent. Is this OK to use as a
> >dielectric? The counter dweeb said that it turns whitish at that
> thickness.
>
> Unfortunately color does not tell you everything. You should have info on
> *material*. Important factors might be eg. fillers (if used) which tend to
> lower cap Q (ie. higher losses).
>
> Weather it is transparen or not might be just a matter of mechanical
> handling.
> Some same polymers might be white when molded but transparent when
> it is a sort of "pulled" by the mashinery to alling microscopic fibres.
> I've
> seen nice practical examples of such.
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> If it is pure PE it is pure PE. Yet, even different PE grades do have
> differences.
> Thats why you usually overrate it to take much more voltage etc and assume
> low losses which is true for most cases.
>
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