Re: Stretching the spark (was RE: Official air breakdown voltage?)

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Original poster: "Dmitry (father dest)" <dest@xxxxxxxxxxx>


> Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  > More, space charge and induced charge are produced
>  > in the gap. The applied
>  > voltage must "win" them and achieve a net increment
>  > in the net gap charge.

> Does this matter for Tesla coil discharges? I always
> thought that because they were AC, and high frequency
> at that, the space charge would have no net effect.

it`s not pure ac, but _damped_ ac, so the discharge always charges
the nearest objects. moreover - the ions are much heavier that the
electrons - this facts also helps the rectifying and accumulating the
charge in the space. read the archives - it`s explained very well there.

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