Re: kent wax

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Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

yea, Kent,Wa. also is in claim of simular products. cul brian f.
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Subject: Re: kent wax


> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
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> Hi All,
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> Must be some very special bees, since in CRC, "normal" beeswax is
> listed at only ~ 2-3. IIRC, Kent, England is/was a significant
> honey-producing area. Perhaps they had some way of processing it to
> form a better dielectric. Any UK members close enough to Kent to find out?
>
> Matt D.
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> In a message dated 11/16/06 10:28:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I did a search last night and my logical conclusion was also Beeswax.
>
> Bart
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> Tesla list wrote:
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>  >Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>  >Tesla list wrote:
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>  >>Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>At 03:34 PM 11/14/2006, Tesla list wrote:
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>  >>>Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>>
>  >>>Hi, carnauba wax listed as 2.9 dielectric coe. and this kent wax is
6.5 to
>  >>>7.5 dielectric coe. superman looses this time. cul brian f.
>  >>
>  >>That's a very high epsilon.  I'd suspect it is a wax loaded with
>  >>particles of something else that has a high dielecric constant
>  >>(alumina, water?).  I found one vague reference to it being a
>  >>component in a lubricant, so I doubt it's alumina.  Tree Sap? Pine Tar?
>  >
>  >
>  >Some searching turned up "kent box" as a kind of beehive, and kent
>  >beeswax got a few Google hits, so my guess is that it's beeswax.
>  >
>  >Dan K.
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