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   Message 70,914 of 72,318   
   Phil Hobbs to John Larkin   
   Re: mutual capacitance?   
   12 Feb 19 11:58:57   
   
   From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 2/12/19 11:47 AM, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:33:31 -0500, Phil Hobbs   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/11/19 5:58 PM, RichD wrote:   
   >>> Looking at network theory and the duality theorems,   
   >>> why is there no mutual capacitance?  i.e. electric   
   >>> flux linkages, symmetric to mutual inductance and B flux.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> Rich   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> There is.  It's usually just called 'capacitance', unless you need to   
   >> distinguish it from self-capacitance.   
   >>   
   >> A 1-cm radius isolated sphere has a self-capacitance of 1 cm (Gaussian   
   >> units), which is about 1.12 pF.   
   >>   
   >> Cheers   
   >>   
   >> Phil Hobbs   
   >   
   > There are two commonly given values for the capacitance between the   
   > earth and the moon, 160uF and 3 uF. I think one is 2-wire capacitance   
   > and the smaller one is 3-wire.   
   >   
   > Where is the universe's ground lug?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Well, there's some silly speculation about that we're living in a   
   simulation, in which case it would be Node 0. ;)   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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