dielectrics

Michael Faraday was opposed to Newtonian doctrines, and highly disapproved the theory of action at a distance; in fact, when he applied himself to analysing the polarization of insulated media, which he called dielectrics, he hoped to eliminate the hypothesis of such action.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

With that comes a leadership position in new materials and new requirements of technology for materials such as dielectrics, chemicals and silicon, "says Gidu Shroff, vice president of the chipmaker's Technology and Manufacturing Group and director of materials.

Purchasing - Top Stories 2009

Since the value of this energy depends on the shapes and positions of the conductors and dielectrics, the Casimir effect manifests itself as a force between such objects.

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The Casimir effect can be understood by the idea that the presence of conducting metals and dielectrics alter the vacuum expectation value of the energy of the second quantized electromagnetic field.

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The major uses of sheet and block mica are as electrical insulators in electronic equipment, thermal insulation, gauge “glass”, windows in stove and kerosene heaters, dielectrics in capacitors, decorative panels in lamps and windows, insulation in electric motors and generator armatures, field coil insulation, and magnet and commutator core insulation.

Mica 2008

The same is true for many other materials, such as various semiconductors, dielectrics, etc.

Sewell's Thermodynamic Failure - The Panda's Thumb 2006

Besides my work on magnetism, and the closely related subjects of ligand fields and of dielectrics, one of my interests has been molecular spectra.

John H. van Vleck - Autobiography 1992

This means utilizing dielectric materials, not metals, as dielectrics are the best resonators at these short waves.

Chapter 5 1990

Over the years, the subjects of his interest came to include colloids, dielectrics, order-disorder transitions, metals and superfluids, hydrodynamics and fractionation theory.

Lars Onsager - Biography 1972

Some dielectrics 0.2 mm. thick can be made to stand up to 8,000 volts when in small pieces, but in complete condensers a much greater margin must be allowed.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various