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Electrical Properties of Polystyrene

Nature volume 150, page 521 (1942)Cite this article

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THE value of polystyrene and of certain other organic plastics as dielectrics for high-frequency apparatus is well known. The power factor for polystyrene at frequencies of 106107 c./s. is of the order of 0.0002, a figure much lower than that for most insulators.

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FARMER, F. Electrical Properties of Polystyrene. Nature 150, 521 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150521a0

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