Re: Lab sparks make x-rays

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bert,

If it "requires" 1.5 million volts to do this, I'm not so sure
that most Tesla coils can meet this criteria. It seems that
even large piggie powered systems rarely exceed 1 mega-
volt actual potential with their output voltage even though
their spark length may make it appear that the voltage levels
are in excess of  that.

David Rieben



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Subject: Lab sparks make x-rays


> Original poster: Bert Pool <bert.tx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Current article in Science Daily talks about how not only natural 
> lightning produces x-rays, but how recent studies have shown that 
> laboratory sparks of 1.5 to 2 million volts in the air does too.
>
> You can bet Tesla coils probably are doing it too.
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20051101-20182700-bc-us-lightning.xml
>
> Bert Pool