Re: Charge stored in Dielectric? Not really - MISCONCEPTION

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

Tesla list wrote:
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 > Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk>

 > Interesting, Is this the reason that oil suppresses ionisation, that it
 > drains the charges away, and by doing so, create a less fierce voltage
 > gradient around a point. A sort of virtual radius on sharp points?

Oil supports greater electric fields without breakdown tha air, surely,
but also conducts a lot more than air or a good solid insulator. The
main reason for the conduction may be the presence of easily ionizable
impurities in the oil, that once ionized form convection currents
in the oil. The effect of the conduction can be as you state, with
the charge distribution around points reducing the electric field.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz