Re: Gap Question

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


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 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >
 > If the current goes up and the channel widens would that give the
 > channel less resistance because it now has a larger cross section to
 > travel through?
 >
 > Like a piece of 28Awg wire having a higher resistance than a piece of
 > 10Awg wire.  The larger cross sectional area decreases its resistance.

Precisely..

The "conductivity" of the plasma is pretty much constant (at a given
pressure), and there's good experimental evidence that it's basically
constant temperature as well.