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Re: surface breakdown was Re: 20 joules at 100 bps vs 4 joules at 500 bps
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Original poster: "Dmitry (father dest)" <dest@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tl> Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tl> At 07:25 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
>>Original poster: Greg Leyh <lod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>Based on experience, 5kV/inch seems to be a reasonable surface
>>gradient to maintain on the outside of a secondary form.
Tl> Is that for creeping discharges on the surface, or a "free air"
Tl> distance from toroid to base? Seems a bit low for the latter.
"... average field required for breakdown is about 5kv/cm"
isbn 5-89155-013-x
Bazelyan and Raizer "spark discharge", page 18.
it`s for "free air".
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