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    Volts/amps for an electric arc between points

    Thank you for your reply, Yes, I see what you mean with the build up of gases, I should seal the container with electrodes spaced around 1 cm apart to start and as the ozone and nitrous build up and the temperature increases then stretch the arc. I can calculate the pace of stretching based...
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    How many volts/amps for an electric arc between points?

    3 × 10^6 V/m I have found several sources like hypertextboox qouteing the average votage for dielectric breakdown of air around 3 × 10^6 V/m I took this as a base line and divided 3,000,000 by 100 then mutliplied it by 10 to arive at 300,000 volts for every 10cm. Exclueding the build up of...
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    Volts/amps for an electric arc between points

    Thanks for your reply, yes I had read that for STP air (standard temperature pressure) that is almost if not moisture free the voltage required is about 300,000 to 330,000 volts on average. I had chosen the sharp contacts as I had read that they would also allow the electric to flow with less...
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    How many volts/amps for an electric arc between points?

    First of all thank you mheslep for the speedy reply, I appreciate it. I could use an array of extremely high voltage generators to produce 300,000 to 330,000 volts and a continuous 10cm electric arc (assuming a standard pressure and temperature air mix), but this would still be a process of...
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    Volts/amps for an electric arc between points

    Can someone help me find these calculations or give me a point in the right directions? If I have a hollow insulating cylinder (has a diameter of 5 cm and a length of 14 cm) with two (conductive) sharp metal point contacts at each end (measuring 2cm each leaving 10 cm exactly between the...
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    How many volts/amps for an electric arc between points?

    Can someone help me find these calculations or give me a point in the right directions? If I have a hollow insulating cylinder (has a diameter of 5 cm and a length of 14 cm) with two (conductive) sharp metal point contacts at each end (measuring 2cm each leaving 10 cm exactly between the...
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    Creating an Electromagnet with a Hollow Magnetic Sphere?

    Thanks for the help, got the details down and modified the design. The original construction was all about equal magnetic compression on a central core, after reading up (thanks to the materials you supplied) I scrub the original idea and started to incorporate the theta pinch coil system...
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    Creating an Electromagnet with a Hollow Magnetic Sphere?

    So (I think) it would be possible... Thanks for the reply, below I have tried to answer my own questions. But again any input on the topic is great. Yes, this would produce an electromagnet and in turn radiate a magnetic field outwards/inwards from the poles on the soft iron core. The soft...
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    Creating an Electromagnet with a Hollow Magnetic Sphere?

    Hello, I am new to this forum and have a couple of questions. One person has already asked it but with no answers I thought I would give it ago. The topic is about magnetism and magnetic fields (I’m a newbie to the subject, so please forgive me if I make no sense but I got to learn...
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