RE: [TCML] Capacitor dielectric examples and Tesla coil equations

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

Indeed, the provided table fails to indicate the critical "dissipation factor", which is the first thing that one needs to consider before using a dielectric in a pulse capacitor.  I posted a more useful table back in 2008, please see http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/2008/Dec/msg00151.html

And putting on my moderator's hat, please perform a merciful snip of the bulk the message if replying to the original?  We don't a 60KB rehash.

Thanks, Gary Lau
MA, USA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:02 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TCML] Capacitor dielectric examples and Tesla coil equations
> 
> 
>  Those who may not be familiar with capacitor dielectric materials should be
> aware that many of the materials listed are lossy, and not well suited for
> Tesla coil use.  The best common dielectrics for low loss in TC use are:
> 
>    Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Polystyrene, Ruby Mica, some ceramics,
>    and perhaps a few other materials.
> 
> Cheers,
> John

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