← Back to context Comment by dukwon 7 years ago Is sea water unsuitable? 4 comments dukwon Reply wnoise 7 years ago Yes, it's pretty much the opposite of a dielectric. It's a good conductor with mobile charges, and cannot support any polarization. dukwon 7 years ago But it's good enough for ANTARES/KM3NET to see Cherenkov light, which I believe requires a dielectric medium. cozzyd 7 years ago The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio. 1 reply →
wnoise 7 years ago Yes, it's pretty much the opposite of a dielectric. It's a good conductor with mobile charges, and cannot support any polarization. dukwon 7 years ago But it's good enough for ANTARES/KM3NET to see Cherenkov light, which I believe requires a dielectric medium. cozzyd 7 years ago The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio. 1 reply →
dukwon 7 years ago But it's good enough for ANTARES/KM3NET to see Cherenkov light, which I believe requires a dielectric medium. cozzyd 7 years ago The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio. 1 reply →
cozzyd 7 years ago The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio. 1 reply →
Yes, it's pretty much the opposite of a dielectric. It's a good conductor with mobile charges, and cannot support any polarization.
But it's good enough for ANTARES/KM3NET to see Cherenkov light, which I believe requires a dielectric medium.
The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio.
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