pottant

English

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Noun

pottant (plural pottants)

1. encapsulant
   • 2015 July 6, “Microinverter Thermal Performance in the Real-World: Measurements and Modeling”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Thermal stress and cycling, especially in the presence of a plastic resin pottant, that many microinverters contain, may crack the sintered ferrite material comprising the inductors and dramatically alter the inductance or saturation field characteristics.