Re: Corrected di-el strength of gas

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq-at-uol-dot-com.br> 

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)

This table appears to be of relative values. The dielectric strength of
air is of about 3 kV/mm, between flat smooth electrodes.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz