Dear RichD:
"RichD" <r_delaney2001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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David A. Smith,
On Feb 5, "N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" <dl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Dear John Bailey:
>> > If you don't have an account, I will try to sketch
>> > the proof. In simple RC charging, the power /
>> > current relation****p is invariant up to the limit
>> > 0/0 of no resistance and down to the 0/0 instance
>> > of infinite resistance/conductance. The proof is a
>> > matter of generalizing this result along the lines
>> > of the Norton and Thevenin theorems.
>
>> But we don't have a resistor, we have an inductor
>> adding or removing kinetic energy from the system.
>> The dielectric of the capacitor has losses, and the
>> conductors do too. But this can be brought to less
>> than 20% losses without too much difficulty.
> Inductors do not source or dissipate real power.
Really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet#Magnet_quench
.... resulting in explosion. Don't get too hung up names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
David A. Smith


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