Re: What dielectricis the champion?

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• Subject: Re: What dielectricis the champion?
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 19:55:17 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: Boombast99-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> I've been experimenting with different designs of capacitors for TC use and
> other HV-DC applications.I'm aware of the classic plastic and ceramic
> dielectrics so I'm wondering if you Super-slueths know of any exotic super
> dielectrics both for AC and/or DC i.e. in K-value and HV breakdown capacity?

Synthetic diamond is quite good, both in loss tangent 
and dielectric strength.  However it's hard to beat
deionized water for wholesale K-value.
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-GL
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