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taylaron
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Hello, I'm designing an experiment that requires a short pulse of electricity at voltages above and beyond 10,000,000 volts at about 300A. I'm having a hard time finding devices that can produce that high of a voltage and current without breaking down, much less finding a way to store that much power. I need the discharge time to be in the milliseconds range.
I thought about a one-time-use device which is essentially a giant capacitor with a strong dielectric between the two plates. the dielectric literally breaks down and an arc connects the two plates momentarily. The difficulty is getting a dielectric pure enough to be reliable. The electric field would be immense... Thats about all I've got.
I need to reproduce a massive lightning bolt that requires the high voltage AND current.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
-Taylaron
I thought about a one-time-use device which is essentially a giant capacitor with a strong dielectric between the two plates. the dielectric literally breaks down and an arc connects the two plates momentarily. The difficulty is getting a dielectric pure enough to be reliable. The electric field would be immense... Thats about all I've got.
I need to reproduce a massive lightning bolt that requires the high voltage AND current.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
-Taylaron