Susceptance
Steinmetz Usage
Section titled “Steinmetz Usage”Susceptance is the quadrature component of admittance. In the same way reactance belongs to the wattless component of e.m.f. in the impedance view, susceptance belongs to the wattless component of current in the admittance view.
For electrostatic capacity, Steinmetz gives:
Modern Equivalent
Section titled “Modern Equivalent”Modern notation often writes:
Steinmetz’s pages often use a different sign convention:
The archive preserves the source convention first, then translates.
Mathematical Meaning
Section titled “Mathematical Meaning”For:
one useful Steinmetz-sign reconstruction is:
therefore:
Why It Matters
Section titled “Why It Matters”Susceptance keeps the current-side view of field storage visible. It is central for parallel circuits, dielectric circuits, line charging, and distributed capacity.
Ether-Field Interpretive Reading
Interpretive only: susceptance can be read as a measure of how readily a field-storage path accepts quadrature current. Steinmetz’s source language supports the admittance and wattless-current structure; it does not by itself prove a later ether-field ontology.
Related Pages
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What The Current Corpus Shows
Section titled “What The Current Corpus Shows”Read this concept page through the linked source passages first. Use the dossier to locate Steinmetz’s wording, then add modern, mathematical, historical, and interpretive layers only with labels.
The strongest current source concentration is Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena with 68 candidate hits across 9 sections.
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Terms And Aliases Tracked
Section titled “Terms And Aliases Tracked”susceptance, susceptances
Concordance Records
Section titled “Concordance Records”Source Distribution
Section titled “Source Distribution”| Source | Candidate Hits | Sections | Concepts represented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena | 68 | 9 | Susceptance |
| Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena | 58 | 8 | Susceptance |
| Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena | 54 | 7 | Susceptance |
| Theory and Calculation of Electric Circuits | 16 | 2 | Susceptance |
| Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering | 12 | 4 | Susceptance |
| Theory and Calculation of Electric Apparatus | 6 | 3 | Susceptance |
| Theory and Calculation of Transient Electric Phenomena and Oscillations | 4 | 3 | Susceptance |
| Engineering Mathematics: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Union College | 2 | 2 | Susceptance |
Priority Passages To Read
Section titled “Priority Passages To Read”Chapter 10: Resistance And Reactance Of Transmission - 26 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1916)
Location: lines 6993-9766 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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... s, by varying the admittance, Y = g - jh, of the receiver circuit. The conductance, g, of the receiver circuit depends upon the consumption of power - that is, upon the load on the circuit - and thus cannot be varied for the purpose of regu- lation. Its susceptance, b, however, can be changed bj' shunt- ing the circuit with a reactance, and will be in...... unted inductive reactance, and decreased by a shunted con- densive reactance. Hence, for the purpose of investigation, the receiver circuit can be assumed to consist of two branches, a conductance, g, - the non-inductive part of the circuit - shunted by a susceptance, h, which can be varied without expenditure of energy. The two components of current...Chapter 9: Resistance And Reactance Of Transmission Lines - 23 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1900)
Location: lines 5334-6956 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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... by varying the admittance, Y = g -f jb, of the receiver circuit. The conductance, gy of the receiver circuit depends upon the consumption of power, - that is, upon the load on the circuit, - and thus cannot be varied for the purpose of reg- ulation. Its susceptance, b, however, can be changed by shunting the circuit with a reactance, and will be incre...... decreased by a shunted con- densance. Hence, for the purpose of investigation, the 84 ALTERNATING-CURRENT PHENOMENA. receiver circuit can be assumed to consist of two branches, a conductance, g, - the non-inductive part of the circuit, - shunted by a susceptance, b, which can be varied without expenditure of energy. The two components of current can t...Chapter 9: Kbsistanci: And Kbactance Of Transmission Iine8 - 20 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1897)
Location: lines 6371-8268 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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... by varying the admittance, Y = g + Jb, of the receiver circuit. The conductance, g, of the receiver circuit depends upon the consumption of power, - that is, upon the load on the circuit, - and thus cannot be varied for the purpose of reg- ulation. Its susceptance, by however, can be changed by shunting the circuit with a reactance, and will be increa...... d by a shunted con- densance. Hence, for the purpose of investigation, the 84 AL TERN A TIXG-CURRENT PHENOMENA, [§ 68 receiver circuit can be assumed to consist of two branches, a conductance, g^ - the non-inductive part of the circuit, - shunted by a susceptance, by which can be varied without expenditure of energy. The two components of current can...Chapter 7: Admittance, Conductance, Susceptance - 17 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1900)
Location: lines 3132-3576 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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CHAPTER VII. ADMITTANCE, CONDUCTANCE, SUSCEPTANCE. 38. If in a continuous-current circuit, a number of resistances, ?\, r%, r3, . . . are connected in series, their joint resistance, R, is the sum of the individual resistances If, however, a number of resistances are connected in multiple or in parall ...... series connection, and the use of the reciprocal term conductance in parallel connections ; therefore, The joint resistance of a number of series-connected resis- tances is equal to the sum of the individual resistances ; the ADMITTANCE, CONDUCTANCE, SUSCEPTANCE. 53 joint conductance of a number of parallel-connected conduc~ tances is equal to the sum...Chapter 8: Admittance, Conductance, Susceptance - 17 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1916)
Location: lines 4088-4673 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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CHAPTER VIII ADMITTANCE, CONDUCTANCE, SUSCEPTANCE 48. If in a continuous-current circuit, a number of resistances, Ti, r2, ?'3, . . ., are connected in series, their joint resistance, R, is the sum of the individual resistances, K = ri + r2 + ra + . . . If, however, a number of resistances are connecte ...... tance of a number of series-connected resistances is equal to the sum of the individual resistances; the joint conduct- ance of a number of parallel-connected conductances is equal to the sum of the individual conductances. 64 ADMITTANCE, CONDUCTANCE, SUSCEPTANCE 55 49. In alternating-current circuits, instead of the term resist- ance we have the term...Chapter 7: Admittance, Conductance, Susceftance - 15 candidate hits
Source: Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1897)
Location: lines 3546-3871 - Tracked concepts: Susceptance
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... connection, and the use of the reciprocal term conductance in parallel connections ; therefore, The joint resistance of a number of series -connected resis- tances is equal to the sum of the individual resistances ; the § 30] ADMITTANCE, CONDUCTANCE, SUSCEPTANCE. 53 joint conductance of a number of parallel-connected conduc- tances is equal to the sum...... nent ^, which represents the coefficient of current in quadrature with the K.M.F., or wattless com- ponent of current, bE, g may be called the conductance^ and b the susceptanccy of the circuit. Hence the conductance, g^ is the energy component, and the susceptance, by the wattless component, of the admittance, Y = g -\-jby while the numerical value o...Reading Layers To Build Out
Section titled “Reading Layers To Build Out”| Layer | What to add next |
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| Modern engineering reading | Translate the source usage into present electrical-engineering or physics language without erasing the older vocabulary. |
| Mathematical layer | Link equations, variables, diagrams, and worked examples when the concept has formula candidates. |
| Historical layer | Identify whether the term is still used, renamed, absorbed into modern theory, or historically obsolete. |
| Ether-field interpretation | Keep interpretive readings separate from Steinmetz’s explicit claim and from modern physics. |
| Open questions | Record places where the concordance suggests a lead but the scan or edition has not yet been checked. |
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