Define anvil. anvil synonyms, anvil pronunciation, anvil translation, English dictionary definition of anvil. n. 1. a. A heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering. b. Something resembling an anvil, as in shape or...
The electric susceptibility Ïe of a dielectric material is a measure of how easily it polarizes in response to an electric field. This, in turn, determines the electric permittivity of the material and thus influences many other phenomena in that medium, from the capacitance of capacitors to the speed of light.
DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF INSULATING MATERIALS. L. I. Berger. The loss of the dielectric properties by a sample of a gaseous, liquid, or solid insulator as a result of application to the sa mple of an electric field*. greater than a certain critical magnitude is called dielectric breakdown. The critical magnitude of electric field at which the breakdown of a material. takes place is called the dielectric strength of the material (or breakdown voltage). The dielectric strength of a material depends on the specimen. thickness (as a rule, thin films have greater dielectric strength than that of thicker samples of a material), the electrode sh ape**, the rate of the applied.