RE: Oil Dielectric Properties

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Original poster: "Breneman, Chris" <brenemanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm not sure if ice will conduct electricity, but even if it doesn't, 
the key issue would be to keep it ice.  Any melting would result in 
some conductive path, so it would have to be kept under a low 
temperature, requiring more power and complexity.  I don't think this 
would be worthwhile unless ice had amazingly superior dielectric properties.

Chris



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Subject: Re: Oil Dielectric Properties

Original poster: "Scott Bogard" <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Antonio,
     I think Chris meant for the salt to be removed, and replaced
with some non-conducting oil.  But you spurred an idea, I may be
mistaken, but I believe water is a conductor, when it is liquid, but
to the best of my knowledge, ice is not.  Would it be possible to use
frozen distilled water as a dielectric?  Or does ice actually conduct
a little?  just curious.
Scott Bogard.


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Oil Dielectric Properties
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:44:50 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>>Original poster: "Breneman, Chris" <brenemanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>The salt could be poured out or dissolved with water, and the
>>container could be filled with a liquid dielectric, such as
>>oil.  Such a capacitor would be self-healing, always a useful trait.
>Salt conducts electricity. Worse with water...
>
>Antonio C. M. de Queiroz
>
>
>

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