Re: Water As Dielectric

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Subject: Re: Water As Dielectric
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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 08:08:40 -0600
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From: 	Ted[SMTP:tedric-at-generation-dot-net]
Sent: 	Saturday, November 08, 1997 11:44 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Water As Dielectric

>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.



Alfred,

It would not work. Actually, Meyer invented an efficient mean of splitting
water using this idea. Go to
http://www.newphys.se/elektromagum/physics/KeelyNet/, then choose "Energy",
download the files MEYER1.ASC and MEYER2.ASC. Also, it is not a dumb idea at
all. Never suppress creativity and ingenuity!


Ted