Hello.
I have a bit of experience with capacitors, but this question stumped me. In a basic aluminum electrolytic capacitor, it's construction consists of two sheets of foil (one with an oxide layer) separated by a tissue soaked with an electrolyte.
The question I was asked is, what keeps the electrolyte from leaking around to both sheets of aluminum and shorting between the non-oxidized side of the anode and the cathode.
It's probably a simple answer, but one that I don't seem to be able to come up with.
Thanks in advance for the help.
I have a bit of experience with capacitors, but this question stumped me. In a basic aluminum electrolytic capacitor, it's construction consists of two sheets of foil (one with an oxide layer) separated by a tissue soaked with an electrolyte.
The question I was asked is, what keeps the electrolyte from leaking around to both sheets of aluminum and shorting between the non-oxidized side of the anode and the cathode.
It's probably a simple answer, but one that I don't seem to be able to come up with.
Thanks in advance for the help.