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Pyrex diss. factor
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From: Bert Hickman [SMTP:bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 8:34 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Pyrex diss. factor
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com [SMTP:HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 7:57 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Pyrex diss. factor
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> I am thinking of winding some coils on 4 inch Pyrex glass tubing but want a
> high Q coil. Does anyone have a reference handy that lists the dissipation
> factor for Pyrex glass? I know it is lower than soda glass but don't know how
> much lower.
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> jim heagy
Jim,
I checked "Dielectric Materials and Aplications" by von Hippel:
Pyrex (Corning 7060 - Soda-borosilicate) has a loss tangent of around 28
in the Tesla Coil frequency range of 10^5 - 10^6 Hz. Alkali-Silica glass
(12.8% Na2O, 87.2% SiO2) comes in at around 240-159 in the same
frequency range, and soda-lime silicate is similar, but a bit lower for
the same frequency range (140-100).
Jim, I also suspect that, other than doing an actual measurement of
secondary Q, you'd be hard pressed to distinguish any performance
difference between these as a Tesla Coil secondary coilform.
Safe coilin' to you!
-- Bert --