Re: Corrected di-el strength of gas

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Original poster: dave pierson <davep-at-quik-dot-com> 

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com>
>I posted an error for the di-electric strength of air in a previous 
>response, the 0.4-0.7 for air was kV/mm.  Here's a new partial listing for 
>some gasses (FWIW gases and gasses are both proper)
>
>Air, 0.97
>Argon, 0.18
>Carbon Dioxide, 0.82 - 0.88
>Carbon Monoxide, 1.02 - 1.05
>Chlorine, 1.55
>Helium, 0.15
>*Hexafluoroethane, 1.82 - 2.55
>Hydrogen, 0.50
>Methane, 1.00 - 1.13
>Nitrogen, 1.00
>Neon, 0.16 - 0.25
>Nitrous Oxide, 1.24
>*Octafluoropropane, 2.19 - 2.47
>*Sulfur Hexafluoride, 2.50 - 2.63
>Tetrachloromethane, 6.21 - 6.33

    ...all of which vary with temperature, pressure, electroce shape,
    electrode spacing,,,

    best
     dwp