Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:50:21 -0600
From: Dr. Resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)


Nitrogen and CO2 blends also work good.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)


> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:17:18 +1030
> From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)
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> High Voltage list wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:26:01 -0800
> > From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)
> >
> > "I forgot to mention --- in a tank with SF6, not in open air.
> >
> > Dr. Resonance"
> >
> > Well, that's the way the ball bounces!  Not many of us can come up with
> > a tank of SF6!  Fun thinking about the project, but.....................
> >
> > Ed
> >
> OK, we may not have access to SF6, but if we were to use a sealed chamber
and a)
> dry the air and b) pressurise the container - both of which are easy to
achieve
> - could we not improve on the situation?
>
> My only concern with this would be that we would have to use a dome rather
than
> a sphere at the "business end" of the column (assuming that the final
electrode
> is in free air) otherwise we'd have to use some sort of flange which would
give
> rise to sharp-ish edges and corona.
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> --
> Matthew Smith
> Kadina Business Consultancy
> South Australia
> http://www.kbc.net.au
>
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