Re: Coloured dielectric

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Original poster: "Mike Nolley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nolleym-at-willamette.edu>

>  Would the dyes used in these cups have
> any detrimental effect on the dielectric strength and/or the RF dissipation
> factor of the polypropylene?

    Nope, not unless the cups are black, in which case the coloring agent
could be carbon based.  One
coiler tried to use black plastic as a dielectric and it instead became an
expensive resistor.

        --Mike