RE: magnetic fields in spark gaps

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Original poster: Mike <megavolts61-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Hi all,
If you go to this 
page: 
<http://www.geocities-dot-com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160/>http://www.geocities-dot-com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160/ 
, a little more than halfway down, there is a drawing of a plasma shock 
wave generater that would, if used without the plasma chamber, could 
possibly be used as a self-magnetic quenching gap. Even though we would 
have a LC (add an inductor to the drawing) circuit, the magnetic fields 
would always be in opposition causing the arc to be pushed away from the 
conductor.  I would imagine some good insulator(mica comes to mind) would 
be needed to allow the conductor to be in close proximity to the gap 
without shorting the circuit.
Just a thought,
Mike