Re: Streamer colour

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Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Why would one have a spark gap in anything other than regular air?

                                   Steven Steele
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Subject: Re: Streamer colour


> Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> It would be H2SO4 --- sulfuric acid.  Water vapor present would combine with
> the S when the SF6 brokedown.  Unlike each part is atomically bombarded
> (like in an accelerator chamber, ie baked out) water vapor is always present
> when the metal heats up.
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> Dr. Resonance
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> > At Wendover, it was a SF6 gap but it formed acids that attacked the
> > construction materials.  Nitrate problems with H2O formed HNO3 ---
> > nitric
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> > Dr. Resonance"
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> > Just curious.  How could H2O or HNO3 form in an atmosphere of pure
> > SF6????
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> > Ed
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