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Effect of Magnetic Field on Dielectrics

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IN a letter in the issue of NATURE for July 12, Prof. P. L. Burns states that the power factor of certain dielectrics is decreased when a constant magnetic field is superimposed on the dielectric which is being subjected to an alternating electric stress. One would expect that on the Debye dipole theory of polar molecules in a viscous medium the power factor would be changed by a magnetic field.

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  1. Experimental Station E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware

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MILES, J. Effect of Magnetic Field on Dielectrics. Nature 126, 438 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126438a0

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