Em 18/10/2012, às 11:43, "Udo Lenz" <udo_lenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
That poses another question. A thin conductor does not have much
capacitance. The model calculations for a real arc indicate about
10 to 20 pF/m.
That is much more than a 0.2mm wire would have. Possibly a thin
conductor like that would be a perfect breakout point for sideways
arcs or create corona around the main arc, adding capacitance.
Thin conductors have really this range of capacitance. The inductance of a thin wire is approximately 1 uH/m. Adding distributed capacitance, a transmission line is formed. With L being the inductance per meter and C the capacitance per meter, the speed of a signal
travelling through the line is 1/sqrt(LC). As this speed must be smaller than the speed of
light c, c^2<1/(LC), C<1/(Lc^2) = 1/(1e-6 x 9e16) =11.1 pF/m.