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Changes in permittivity of syntactic foam at low temperatures and frequencies

Changes in permittivity of syntactic foam at low temperatures and frequencies
Changes in permittivity of syntactic foam at low temperatures and frequencies

Syntactic foam is a lightweight composite in which hollow particles - here hollow glass spheres of micrometer size - are used as filing material in a polymer resin matrix. The complex permittivity was measured of specimens of syntactic foam to be used as high performance insulation for lightweight High-Voltage DC power supplies. The overall losses of the syntactic foam were higher than the losses of the base material, which might be due to the increased dc conductivity, the interfacial polarization at the interfaces between glass and epoxy, or both. For high temperatures - above +60°C - the glass transition temperature tG also plays it's part. In previous work dielectric spectroscopy results in the temperature range from roughly -120°C to +40°C showed anomalous behavior, tentatively explained as being caused by the phase transition of SO2. This work focuses on the difference between different filler types and their influence on the dielectric spectrum.

Complex permittivity, Dielectric spectroscopy, Polarization, Syntactic foam
IEEE
Andritsch, T.
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Lunding, A.
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Morshuis, Peter H.F.
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Negle, H.
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Smit, J.J.
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Morshuis, Peter H.F.
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Negle, H.
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Andritsch, T., Lunding, A., Morshuis, Peter H.F., Negle, H. and Smit, J.J. (2008) Changes in permittivity of syntactic foam at low temperatures and frequencies. In Proceedings 2008 - 4th IEEE BeNeLux Young Researchers Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering. IEEE..

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Abstract

Syntactic foam is a lightweight composite in which hollow particles - here hollow glass spheres of micrometer size - are used as filing material in a polymer resin matrix. The complex permittivity was measured of specimens of syntactic foam to be used as high performance insulation for lightweight High-Voltage DC power supplies. The overall losses of the syntactic foam were higher than the losses of the base material, which might be due to the increased dc conductivity, the interfacial polarization at the interfaces between glass and epoxy, or both. For high temperatures - above +60°C - the glass transition temperature tG also plays it's part. In previous work dielectric spectroscopy results in the temperature range from roughly -120°C to +40°C showed anomalous behavior, tentatively explained as being caused by the phase transition of SO2. This work focuses on the difference between different filler types and their influence on the dielectric spectrum.

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Published date: 2008
Venue - Dates: 4th IEEE BeNeLux Young Researchers Symposium in Electrical Power Engineering, 2008, , Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008-02-07 - 2008-02-08
Keywords: Complex permittivity, Dielectric spectroscopy, Polarization, Syntactic foam

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Local EPrints ID: 509946
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/509946
PURE UUID: d09bd6d4-915e-4e8a-8dcb-631459609e9b
ORCID for T. Andritsch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-022X

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Last modified: 12 Mar 2026 02:46

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Author: T. Andritsch ORCID iD
Author: A. Lunding
Author: Peter H.F. Morshuis
Author: H. Negle
Author: J.J. Smit

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