Re: REAL CAPACITOR (where can i buy one?)

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/13/01 6:54:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


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> Hi Ed, All.  What kind of plate or conducting/insulating surface 
> arrangement did you find when you went inside the faulty barium cap? 
> What the heck is in these things anyway?  I mean, the barium is just an 
> exotic clay is it not?  So what makes it work?  What kind of manufactured 
> plates are hiding inside that hard clay matrix?  Or is it just the 
> different mixtures of clay at center point that give out with the effect 
> of capacitance. 



Hi All, 
I think the secret is in the Barium Titanate (BaTiO3. It may have some 
interesting HF properties. It is extremely dense (sp.gr. 5.8-6.0) Several 
barium compounds are radio-opaque, (e.g. Barium Sulfate is used in 
gastrointestinal X-ray pix). Barium Carbonate is used in ceramic magnets. 
Matt D.