Determining dielectric constants using a parallel plate capacitor

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-56

  Grove, T T ^a   Masters, M F ^a   Miers, R E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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EID: 12444312940     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1794757     Document Type: Article

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17. Teflon is a registered trademark of Dupont. Information on 0.002" films may be found at .
18. The Teflon was purchased from McMaster-Carr.
19. We used a KRM AEEC-2890 digital multimeter for these measurements.
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