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Dissipation
Factor
Dissipation
Factor
is the ratio of the real power (in phase power) to the reactive
power (power 90 deg out of phase). It is also defined as
the ratio of conductance of a capacitor in which the material
is the dielectric to its susceptance or the ratio of its
parallel reactance to its parallel resistance. It is the
tangent of the loss angle and the cotangent of the phase
angle. Dissipation factor is a measure of the conversion
of reactive power to real power, showing as heat. ASTM D-150.
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