Re: Crucible Capacitors for Marx Generators

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:

 > Has anyone made capacitors out of crucibles? The
 > crucibles available through tri-ess science
 >
 > http://www.tri-esssciences-dot-com/crucibles.htm

The result would be Leyden jar capacitors with quite low capacitance.
100 pF at most. The curved sides would complicate the application of
metal foil to the surfaces. Plastic cups, or even glass cups, would
be better and far less expensive.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz