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Dielectric constant Max. breakdown strength (MV ⁄ cm) Properties Mineral oil: 1.0 [1] Flammable. Common type of transformer oil. n-Hexane: 1.1–1.3 [1] Flammable. Used in some capacitors. n-Heptane: Flammable. Castor oil natural ester 4.7: High dielectric constant. Flammable. Refined and dried castor oil is used in some high voltage capacitors.
The field strength at which break down occurs is an intrinsic property of the material called its dielectric strength. In practical electric circuits electrical breakdown is often an unwanted occurrence, a failure of insulating material causing a short circuit , resulting in a catastrophic failure of the equipment.
The lower the resulting breakdown voltage, the poorer the quality of the transformer oil. The transformer oil is filled in the vessel of the testing device. Two standard-compliant test electrodes with a typical clearance of 2.5 mm are surrounded by the dielectric oil.
Oil transformer with air convection cooled heat exchangers in the front and at the side. Transformer oil's primary functions are to insulate and cool a transformer. It must therefore have high dielectric strength, thermal conductivity, and chemical stability, and must keep these properties when held at high temperatures for extended periods. [2]
The main properties of PFPE are being temperature resistant between −58 °C (215 K) and 257 °C (530 K) (depending on specific composites), having very low outgassing compared to other fluids (vapour pressure of 6 × 10 −8 Torr) and having a dielectric strength of around 15.7 MV/m.
The relative permittivity (in older texts, dielectric constant) is the permittivity of a material expressed as a ratio with the electric permittivity of a vacuum. A dielectric is an insulating material, and the dielectric constant of an insulator measures the ability of the insulator to store electric energy in an electrical field.
Electrical breakdown in an electric discharge showing the ribbon-like plasma filaments from a Tesla coil.. In electronics, electrical breakdown or dielectric breakdown is a process that occurs when an electrically insulating material (a dielectric), subjected to a high enough voltage, suddenly becomes a conductor and current flows through it.
Silicone grease, sometimes called dielectric grease, is a waterproof grease made by combining a silicone oil with a thickener. Most commonly, the silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the thickener is amorphous fumed silica. Using this formulation, silicone grease is a translucent white viscous paste, with exact properties dependent ...