If you saturated the air with salt, it becomes dielectric?

[Strangeline]

say you vaporized salt and threw it in the air. Would that be enough to turn that volume of air dielectric or would the minute pockets of fresh air in among the salt molecules still block low-med voltage

 

[Drakkith]

Hrmm. Are you thinking that the salt causes the air to be less of an insulator, or did you actually mean a dielectric?

 

[Strangeline]

I mean, with enough salt in the air, could you pass the voltage of a 9v battery through the air... so i guess I am asking if this would, in effect, turn a pocket of air into a conductor, and in the extreme case, a dielectric

 

[khemist]

A dielectric is an insulator usually used in a capacitor.

I think you are asking if you can increase the permittivity of the air by throwing vaporized salt in the air?

 

[sardar]

I would like to clarify that the term "dielectric" refers to a material's ability to resist the flow of electric current. In this context, it is not accurate to say that saturating the air with salt would make it dielectric. Salt is a conductor of electricity, so it would actually increase the conductivity of the air rather than make it more resistant to electric current.

In addition, the concept of "saturating the air with salt" is not feasible because salt does not readily vaporize at normal atmospheric conditions. It would require extremely high temperatures to vaporize salt, which is not practical or safe.

Even if we assume that salt could be vaporized and thrown into the air, the minute pockets of fresh air among the salt molecules would not significantly affect the dielectric properties of the air. The conductivity of the air would still be determined by the overall concentration of salt particles.

In summary, saturating the air with salt would not make it more dielectric. In fact, it would have the opposite effect by increasing the conductivity of the air. Furthermore, the concept of saturating the air with salt is not scientifically accurate or feasible.