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- From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
- Subject: Re: Cable Design Proposal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.152519.16173@sei.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
- References: <7490255@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:25:19 GMT
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- In article <7490255@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, Bob Myers corrects:
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- > > FYI, common conductors have propagation velocities of greater than 0.9c.
- > >
- > > Rich
- >
- > Well, maybe.
- >
- > ...For most common plastic
- > insulating materials, k is between 1.5 and 5, so we generally see propagation
- > in the range of 0.5-0.8 c; most common in coax is 0.6-0.7. Twinlead or
- > twisted-pair construction has higher velocities, as more of the field travels
- > in air, for a lower effective dielectric constant.
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- You're right, Bob -- I wasn't thinking about foamed coax, but single
- conductors.
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- For RG8, 58, & 59U, it's about 75-85%; 300ohm twin-lead solid, 80-85%; 300ohm
- twin-lead foam 85-90%; open wire 300ohm, 90-95%; open wire 600ohm, 95%; single
- wire, 95%. Foamed poly is typically 75-85%.
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- BTW, another term for this is "velocity factor". Sorry.
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- Rich
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