Re: lightning, Xrays

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Original poster: "robert & june heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Davep: While the voltage is high enough to produce x-ray the level is to low
to detect. However the x-ray enission of a linier accelerator is dangerous
even though the voltage is less than a TC. The differance is the speed of
the discharge or total energy involved not just the voltage of the spark. I
have generated soft X-ray with 20 Kv from a Magnesium target in a vacuum,
but again that is in a vacuum not in air. The total energy of a TC is low so
the X-ray emission is below normal detection levels. I am not saying it
could  not exist  if we could detect such low levels. Dangerous, not likely.
       Robert  H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 19:03:10 -0700
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 > Subject: Re: lightning, Xrays
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 > Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:47:09 -0700
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 > Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <davep-at-quik-dot-com>
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 >> Is it an efield effect?
 >> Well, lightning strikes occur in a field around 10-20 kV/meter, a lot less
 >> than that around a TC, which is probably more like 100 kV/meter), but maybe
 >> there is a high field in the immediate vicinity of the stroke or leader..
 >
 >> While it's not directly TC related, I wonders if one were to set up a
 >> "exploding wire" type experiment at 50-100 kJ/meter kinds of energies with
 >> microsecond scale discharges, whether you'd be able to detect anything..
 > That's What i recall hearing discussed.
 >
 > Real Plasma physicists.
 > Some species of high power exploding wire and the
 > caution to:
 > Prepare for GAMMAs
 > I UTTERLY disrecall the details...
 >
 > best
 > dwp
 >
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