hello SI-list, I am looking for data on the volume resistivity (or conductivity) glass-epoxy (= printed circuit board FR-4) materials. I have found variuos numbers myself, but I am somewhat uncertain about exact figures. Actually I have a 2D or 3D finite -element solver who can take care of realistic packaging and printed track details, but as I stated before, the results are only as good as the resistivity values used. The resistivity values I find for epoxy (likely without glass) are 1e9 to 1e11 ohm.m (or 1e-9 to 1e-11 S/m). I know that water is an important factor. We are working on photodetector circuits with estimated impedance of several hundred's of Mohms. Can someone help me with the following questions: -1- are my volume resistivity values correct? -2- does anyone have figures between bone-dry, normal and high humidity conditions -3- can I use the same value for the solder mask and what is the effect of the solder mask Kind regards, Jan vercammen ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu