Coulomb's Explosion: Macroscopic Level?

mikhailpavel · Jan 17, 2010

Hi, I was wondering about a query on Coulomb's Explosion? Can Coulomb's Explosion occur in macroscopic level? I mean for a large bodies that are visible by naked eyes?

Bob S · Jan 18, 2010

See
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=368805&highlight=Coulomb+explosion
I suspect that a negatively-charged conducting sphere will start electric-field emission when the electric field at the surface of the sphere overcomes the work function (equivalent to field emission in RF cavities). For a positively-charged sphere, field emission of electrons will not occur, but chunks of positively charged-material will be ejected.
Bob S

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