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Offline CirclotronTopic starter

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Identify cap type by dielectric loss?
« on: August 27, 2021, 02:40:53 am »
I have a bag of 100nF 630V and 220nF 450V caps that I was told are polypropylene. Is there any way to verify this by measuring the dielectric loss or some other way?
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Offline TimFox

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Re: IDE cap type by dielectric loss?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2021, 02:54:48 am »
The two likely dielectrics in that package are polypropylene and polyester (Mylar).
At 1 kHz, polypropylene will typically have Q values of roughly 1000, but polyester will typically be between 100 and 200.
A simple LCR meter such as the DE-5000 will be more than adequate for this measurement, or an old-fashioned capacitance bridge.
 
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