Re: Corrected di-el strength of gas

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

At 12:59 PM 5/4/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>What is the source of the list?
>
>I'm curious, because air has a widely accepted breakdown voltage of around
>3kV/mm, and you give 0.97.
>Is this for a needle gap? (which would have about 1/3 the breakdown for a
>uniform gap)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:36 AM
>Subject: Corrected di-el strength of gas
>
>
> > Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com>
> >
> > I posted an error for the di-electric strength of air in a previous
> > response, the 0.4-0.7 for air was kV/mm.  Here's a new partial listing for
> > some gasses (FWIW gases and gasses are both proper)
> >
> > Air, 0.97
> > Argon, 0.18
> > Carbon Dioxide, 0.82 - 0.88
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I think the list is normalized to the breakdown of N2=1.0