Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:09:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)


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> >
> > I guess all of those who've looked at those pictures again have come
up
> > with our own way of making a "belt".  In thinking about that I came
up
> > with a fundamental question which might inhibit further efforts.  If
the
> > individual pellets are conducting, which seems necessary, don't
their
> > edges form a chain of little spark gaps and isn't the maximum output
> > voltage for a given length limited by breakdown between the pellets?
If
> > so, it would seem that to get interesting voltages the machine would
> > have to be run in an insulating gas under pressure.
> >
> > Comments?
>
There should be no more of a problem than the distance between the
sphere  and ground as each pellet will have only slightly more voltage
than it's neighbor.

George Tyler