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Re: Glass loss question



Original poster: "Zoran Tukovic by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ztukovic-at-globalnet.hr>


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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Glass loss question


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:53:49 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >I am glad to see something about glass capacitors with inteligence. Glass
> >and mica have been the best capacitors we could get in the past. We
expected
> >them to last 60 years or more.
>
> indeed that was really interesting.
>
> In've heard that fused silica (SiO2) capacitors will retain the charge
> for a very long time.
> How about their dissipation factor?
>
> I suppose such a capacitor would last for a very long time at high
> powers.
>
>
>
So called Minox glass is a special glass for capacitors and have very low
loss.
Zoran