On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:42:51 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: Jim Lux <James.P.Lux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
>
>> One other thought, if CO2 impregnated air has a lower
>> dielectric strength than that of normal air then a small fan blowing
>> on the apparatus might cause the discharge to fire in a prefered
>> direction?
>>
>
>CO2 has almost the same dielectric strength as air.
>http://home.earthlink-dot-net/~jimlux/hv/insulgas.htm
.. but might the cold CO2 cause moisture to condense out of the air,
decreasing the breakdown voltage?
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