steam spark gaps

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• Subject: steam spark gaps
• From: Cabbott Sanders <cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:25:46 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

call me stupid as i know someone somewhere has discussed this topic regarding
evacuated steam spark gaps... but i just gotta know.....

could you make a static spark gap in an evacuated cavity of pure steam? the
low
pressure would boil the water into steam and this (not a water vapor, REAL
steam)
would make the gap quench on a dime.

something like this ascii drawing:
                                                                         to
vacuum pump
     ______________________________________|    |_______

/
\

|---
---|  electrodes
   \____________________                  ___________________/
                                            \                /
                                             |               |   <--WATER POOL
(just enough to boil out during evacuation)
                                             \_______/

feedback would be appreciated

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