Here is an interdisciplinary approach to dielectrics, drawing on the knowledge and experience of 22 experts from science and industry. Edited and unified for maximum usefulness, it provides the scientist, the engineer, the manufacturer, and the user of dielectrics with such fundamental and practical knowledge as:
How polarization, magnetization, and conduction can be described macroscopically and interpreted from the standpoint of molecular theory.
How these phenomena can be measured.
What the properties of presently available dielectrics are.
How dielectrics are applied in equipment and used as devices.
The book opens with a section devoted to theory – establishing a scientific background of language and ideas. Next, a variety of methods and techniques are described for measuring permittivity (dielectric constant and loss) and permeability in a frequency range from d-c up to approximately 3 x 1010 Hz. Detailed information with charts and tables is included to guide the reader in the selection and application of methods for his specific problems.
The third section offers a comprehensive account on dielectric materials and their applications, together with their properties and limitations. This discussion comprises: gases and vacuums, liquids, plastics and ceramics; their applications in power, distribution, and electronics equipment, in capacitors and cables; and the operation of dielectrics as rectifiers, piezoelectric transducers and resonators, magnetic and dielectric amplifiers, and memory devices.
Section IV gives a short summary of the requirements of the Armed Forces.
The final section presents in full the well-known Tables of Dielectric Materials of the Laboratory for Insulation Research at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These tables cover complex permittivity and permeability measurements for more than 600 dielectrics in a frequency range of 102 to 2.5 x 1010 Hz and for temperatures up to 500 °C.
