We want to investigate how the field strength will be with air as dielectric and with steatite. A plate capacitor is placed in a 24 kV network between phase and ground. The relative permittivity of air is & 1 and for steatite &-6. The plate capacitor has area = 1m². The distance between the electrodes is 2 mm. Ep = 8.854-10-¹2 F/m A=1m² d=2mm a) Calculate the maximum field strength in the plate capacitor. (Answer: 9.8kV/mm)

We want to investigate how the field strength will be with air as dielectric and with steatite. A plate capacitor is placed in a 24 kV network between phase and ground. The relative permittivity of air is & 1 and for steatite &-6. The plate capacitor has area = 1m². The distance between the electrodes is 2 mm. Ep = 8.854-10-¹2 F/m A=1m² d=2mm a) Calculate the maximum field strength in the plate capacitor. (Answer: 9.8kV/mm)

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