Re: For all you Leyden Jar fans...

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• Subject: Re: For all you Leyden Jar fans...
• From: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:21:09 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Yuri Markov" <wmondale-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Regarding salt water capacitors:
> I have a useful fact, and I am looking for a not-so-useful fact. It
> took a good bit of research in my obselete encyclopedia, but I
> finally found a figure saying that saturated water at room
> temperature contains 37 parts NaCl per 100 parts water. Does anyone
> know what the resistence of water at this salinity is? I know it's
> not too important, but I'm curious...
>
> -Yuri
>

You're supposed to make a super-saturated salt solution by heating the
water, and then adding salt, and then waiting for the solution to cool.
As far as I know, salt-water isn't the most efficient of conductors, but
it'll do the trick for a beginner's coil.

Adam

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