Re: Distilled water as a dielectric?

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Original poster: Greg Morris <gbmorris@xxxxxxxxx>

So what is a basic price range for a 10 uF mmc then? And, unless I am 
mistaken they are not as adjustable with the ease that parallel plates are. 
Thanks again.

On 6/2/05, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: Ed Phillips <<mailto:evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> "Original poster: "Peter Terren" 
> <<mailto:pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hmmmm.... Ice and electricity.  See here.
> <http://tesladownunder.com/misc1.htm#Coin%20shrinking>http://tesladownunder.com/misc1.htm#Coin%20shrinking
>
> Peter
> Tesladownunder"
>
>         One of my classmates at Caltech did his PhD research by using a
> modified WW2 tail-warning radar to measure the thickness of the ice in
> various places.  This was a small 400 MHz unit (couple of watts peak
> power) working into a small Yagi antenna.  They were able to get echoes
> from the rock through over 5000 feet of ice.  The operation was much
> more of an adventure than planned, including a bent airplane they had to
> fix by tieing a 2 x 4 to a wing strut, but he got his degree.
>
> Ed