Re: Aluminum electrodes in TCBOR static gap

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• Subject: Re: Aluminum electrodes in TCBOR static gap
• From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:35:05 -0600
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Don Allen wrote:

> This leads me to believe that aluminum is a very poor conductor at high
> voltage levels. I'm still puzzled on why it worked well in the first few
> seconds, but then stopped. I looked at the spray pattern and it doesn't
> seem to have anything that would stop or impede spark movement.

Would the "spray pattern" be a set of microscopic points, causing
ionization at low voltage with no visible spark? The test is simple:
remove the pattern with steel wool and see if this makes the sparks
reappear.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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