Water As Dielectric

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• Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 06:12:55 -0600
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From: 	Alfred C. Erpel[SMTP:aerpel-at-op-dot-net]
Sent: 	Friday, November 07, 1997 6:07 PM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Water As Dielectric


     Is distilled water considered to be a viable dielectric material for a
plate capacitor? High voltage vs. low voltage? DC vs. RF?  Since it's k=80+
it would seem to be a good choice.  As a toolmaker, I would have no problem
making a sealed, watertight plexiglas cube, void of air, with evenly spaced
copper plates inside, and I would like to do this if someone doesn't tell me
it is a dumb idea.
     What is water's dielectic strength? I did a search on the internet for
this value and the only thing I kept finding was it's dielectric constant.

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