Re: ozone

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: ozone
From: "Harri Suomalainen" <haba-at-cc.hut.fi> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:17:52 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Spark gap is know to produce UV too. Energetic uv is known to
produce ozone from air oxygen. Try sometimes something like
a 254nm mercury vapor uv source and you'll notice the amount
of ozone produced is not small!

I wonder if UV is a signifficant source for gap uv production. If
that is the case simple methods like putting a glass envelope
around the gap would help. (Ordinary window glass should
filter out ozone producing uv quite effectively.)

I guess I should try that out some day to see if there is difference.
On the other hand, when the coil is running indoors the discharges
are definately the major ozone source, not the gaps!


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