dielectric strength
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The dielectric strength imposes a limit on the voltage that can be applied for a given plate separation.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Note that the applied voltage is limited by the dielectric strength.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The maximum electric field strength above which an insulating material begins to break down and conduct is called dielectric strength.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
That is the reason why the rate of change is very much greater when glass, for instance, is broken through, than when the break takes place through an air space of equivalent dielectric strength.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford
In good enamel wire the insulation will average about one-quarter the thickness of the standard single silk insulation, and the dielectric strength is equal or greater.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster
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