Re: SCIENCE FAIR BOTTLE CAPACITOR ExPERIMENT HELP!!!

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I assume you realise that the glass is the dielectric,
and the only purpose of the solution is to form the
inside plate. All you really want is a good conductor,
such as a saturated salt water solution. Some folks
have played with various metal salts to try and reduce
or eliminate corrosion of the electrode placed in the
water, but most folks just use good old salt water.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > I need suggestions on which lliquids or solutions to
 > use with my bottle cap
 > experiment. Like i am using salt water for one test,
 > then i need some more
 > ideas.
 >
 > Ravi
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:47 AM
 > Subject: Re: SCIENCE FAIR BOTTLE CAPACITOR
 > ExPERIMENT HELP!!!
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Nightmare"
 > <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > I am going to see which liquid in a bottle cap is
 > the best. like i will
 > use
 >  > salt water in one test and gatorade(lots of
 > electrolytes) for another. Can
 >  > someone tell me how I would compare which is
 > better??? or how i would
 > check
 >  > which is better?
 >  >
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:35 PM
 >  > Subject: Re: SCIENCE FAIR BOTTLE CAPACITOR
 > ECPERIMENT HELP!!!
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster:
 > dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  > To be honest, I think there are much better
 > and more interesting
 >  >  > demonstrations / experiments to perform than
 > something like this.
 >  >  > For example, you could do an experiment
 > involving various solutions in
 >  > water
 >  >  > and their electrical conductivity.  Or perhaps
 > as I stated before,
 >  >  > an experiment in electrostatics.  There is a
 > wide range of very
 >  > interesting
 >  >  > experiments to perform in electrostatics.  A
 > home-built Van de Graaf
 >  >  > generator is relatively easy (at least
 > compared to a tesla coil) and
 > there
 >  >  > are a whole slew of experiments which can be
 > performed using one.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Hi, this is Ravi again. I am gonna build a
 > coil, i already have many
 >  > plans
 >  >  >  > and will be able to, but i need some help
 > with my experiment. For my
 >  >  >  > science fair project I'm doing What is the
 > best liquid solution to
 > use
 >  > in
 >  >  > a
 >  >  >  > bottle capacitor for a tesla coil? I need
 > some help with it. Could
 > you
 >  >  > guys
 >  >  >  > pitch in and gimme some ideas on what i
 > should do and how i should
 >  >  >  > experiment and test??? And some details on
 > bottle capacitors? Also,
 >  > what
 >  >  >  > liquids should i use??? Thanks a LOT in
 > advance. I would REALLY be
 >  >  > grateful
 >  >  >  > if you guys could help me out here. Thanks
 > Again!
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Ravi
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >