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dissipation factor

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dissipation factor [‚dis·ə′pā·shən ‚fak·tər]
(electricity)
The inverse ofQ,the storage factor.


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The effectiveness of a material as an insulator is usually measured by quantities like dielectric constant (Dk) and dissipation factor (DF).
The fused monolithic construction of the glass dielectric capacitors provide a high Q factor and a low dissipation factor that changes little with frequency and temperature excursions.
Dissipation factor (figure 8) is a measure of the degree of electrical loss due to the imperfect nature of an insulation material.
 
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