Abstract
IN a paper by S. Whitehead on dipoles in relation to the anomalous properties of dielectrics (Phil. Mag., May 1930) there is a slight reference to the effect of magnetic field on dielectrics, but no details of any experiments or results. Experiments which we have carried out show clearly that when a constant magnetic field is superimposed on a dielectric which is being subjected to an alternating electric stress, so that magnetic and electric fields are normal to one another, then the presence of the magnetic field causes a change in the power factor of the dielectric and hence in the losses occurring therein. The nature of the results indicates that the effect of the magnetic field is to decrease the power factor.
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BURNS, P. Effect of Magnetic Fields on Dielectrics. Nature 126, 59 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126059d0
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