Re: Electrets (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:58:21 +1100
From: Arpit Thomas <neko4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Electrets (fwd)

i haven't, but I have read that article :) I'd be really interested to see how your electret goes :) I might try myself actually

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On 17/01/2004 at 2:13 PM High Voltage list wrote:

>Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:26:59 +1030
>From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Electrets
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>Hi All
>
>Anyone ever tried making electrets from wax, as per the November 1960
>Scientific
>American 'Amateur Scientist' article?  (I'm not suggesting that I have
>issues of
>SA from that long ago - it's all available on CD now.)
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>About all I'd be able to get my hands on is DIY candle wax.  (Paraffin
>wax, I
>guess.)  I thought that my 3kV insulation tester may make a suitable power
>supply for this.  (It's essentially a Variac and HV transformer.)
>
>Cheers
>
>M
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>--
>Matthew Smith
>Kadina Business Consultancy
>South Australia
>http://www.kbc.net.au