Re: piezoelectric effect

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

You're probably seeing two effects here..

1) You've got small diameter wires in a gas in a silica or glass tube... Put
HV on them and you'll get sparks and/or corona.
2) Creeping discharges over the surface.

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 > Original poster: "Richard W. by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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 >
 > Hi Josh,
 > I'd be more inclined to think it would be the "Microwave" effect.
 > <shrug>
 >
 > Rick W.
 >
 >
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 > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:32 PM
 > Subject: piezoelectric effect
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <jdowphotography-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > piezoelectric effect
 >
 > Hi guy's
 > You all know the electric space heaters (all you in the north anyway). So
I
 > had one in my cellar.. ahh um. I mean tesla lab. It was a tall floor model
 > with 2 heating elements.
 > It broke and was chucked. I was intrigued by the long glass like rods that
 > housed the filaments.
 >
 > I love "zap it and see what happens" um.research, so I tore into them with
 > my 15/30 3.5*24" coil. As the sparks shot over the long glassy rods to the
 > ground target they snapped and cracked and little bits hoped and snapped
 > into the air. WOW! COOL! The sparks on the rods were brilliant white and
 > sharp to look at. The bright white sparks acted like a strobe and I could
 > see the little particles suspended for an instant. The rods were left
 > cracked and crumbly.
 > Made me think of the piezoelectric effect.
 > If the glasslike rods were quarts then it might apply. The coil HV might
be
 > forcing  the quarts to change shape causing it to brake up under the
 > pressure.
 >
 > Has anyone zapped quarts before? What happens?
 >
 > If in doubt zap it and see what happens!
 > Good luck to you all
 > Read you later
 > Josh
 >
 >