Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
At high power levels air is unable to quench (open the switch) properly due
to high heat which tries to keep the spark flowing (arc). Energy tries to
flow back into the primary through the long dwell time. You want to get the
energy in the sec and then trap it there as the magnetic field collapses.
Dr. Resonance
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> Why would one have a spark gap in anything other than regular air?
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> Steven Steele
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> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Streamer colour
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> >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
> > > acid.
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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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