Talk:Dielectric strength

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In the table, what are the electrode sizes?. We need this info to make real sense of he figures.--Light current 02:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it clear that there should be a difference - whether discussing a pure material substance or a configuration of materials and electrodes - between: the maximum electric field strength that it can withstand without breakdown; and the minimum electric field that does produce breakdown? Can someone clarify whether there is a deliberate purpose in using these two different ways to expression the concept of a threshold value (of the field), when giving the two different meanings of dielectric strength. Or is this different way of expressing it purely incidental? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.40.94.135 (talk) 23:03, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I think that there is a difference between the electric field that produces discharge instantaneously upon application and the electric field that will eventually produce a discharge; the latter should be smaller. Probably the latter is the maximum electric field strength that does not produce breakdown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.254.231.85 (talk) 12:00, 13 December 2007 (UTC)