Lefty-
For mica, C=7 * 8.85 * 10^-12 F/m * m^2 / m
For teflon, C=2 * 8.85 * 10^-12 F/m * m^2 / m
Since everything else but the dielectric constant is the same, the capacitance for mica will be 3.5 times greater-- the mica will support 3.5 times the charge imbalance before it breaks down and becomes a conductor.
It doesn't seem to me that anything on the atomic level other than the unlike forces attracting one another really matters. Am I oversimplifying? Probably.
-Mike
For mica, C=7 * 8.85 * 10^-12 F/m * m^2 / m
For teflon, C=2 * 8.85 * 10^-12 F/m * m^2 / m
Since everything else but the dielectric constant is the same, the capacitance for mica will be 3.5 times greater-- the mica will support 3.5 times the charge imbalance before it breaks down and becomes a conductor.
It doesn't seem to me that anything on the atomic level other than the unlike forces attracting one another really matters. Am I oversimplifying? Probably.
-Mike