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| Jun21-12, 03:54 AM | #1 |
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Living Organism versus Electricity
I was wondering for quite a while what would happen if you exposed a living organism to electricity of ~250.000 Ampère at 1.000.000 Volts (I'm unsure if the values given are insanely high or not).
Would the organism just end up "everywhere" or something else?? |
| Jun21-12, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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Electrocution can cause nerve damage, stop the heart and burn the organism. The values you have given are insanely high, a bit of googling will show that above 10kv death in humans is highly likely though there are rare records of survival at voltages of over 100kv.
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| Jun22-12, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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I've read multiple questions and answers about this topic and of them end like: "high-voltage is dangerous, yes; but it also depends on the amperage (the higher the amperage the server the consequences at lower voltage)". ...what about the hamster-in-microwave experiment? |
| Jun22-12, 08:46 PM | #4 |
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Living Organism versus Electricity
RF fields are very different from arc discharges in their effects.
There's never a thread-closing mod around when you need one. |
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