The Engineering Dielectrics Series covers both practicaland theoretical facets of dielectric materials and systems that aresuitable for use in electrical apparatus, cables, and devices.

The latest volume in the series, Monograph 2, covers both theapplied and fundamental aspects of electrical insulatingliquids.

In 5 chapters:

Permittivity and Loss of Insulating Liquids -- Deals withthe permittivity and dielectric loss and provides a description ofthe test methods and specimen cells particularly devised for themeasurement of the dielectric properties of liquids over the entirefrequency spectrum, extending into the optical frequency range.

Conduction Mechanisms in Liquids -- Considers thefundamental conduction processes, formation of space charges andprebreakdown and breakdown mechanisms from the quantitative pointof view.

Electrical Breakdown in Dielectric Fluids -- Presents aqualitative account of the phenomenological events that precipitatethe electrical breakdown of liquids.

Physical and Chemical Properties of Mineral InsulatingOils -- Discusses the physical and chemical properties ofmineral oils and provides a description of the various test methodsfor determining theseproperties.

Molecular Structure and Composition of Liquid InsulatingMaterials -- Considers the general molecular structural natureof insulating liquids and their composition.

Both SI and CGS-Gaussian units are used in this volume. Usefulconversion factors between the different systems of units are givenin the appendices; a detailed treatment on the various systems ofmeasure and their evolvement can be found in Vol IIB (STP 926).