Re: Variable Capacitance and Inductance

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

> I think elevation above see level would effect capacitance, since we are
> not in a vacuum :)
> I wonder if higher barometric pressure leads to higher capacitance?
> Rob.

	Yes it would, but the effect would be small since the dielectric
constant of air is close to 1 and it would take a lot of pressure for
much of a change.  On the other hand, the breakdown voltage would go up.

Ed