Insights Blog
-- Browse All Articles --
Physics Articles
Physics Tutorials
Physics Guides
Physics FAQ
Math Articles
Math Tutorials
Math Guides
Math FAQ
Education Articles
Education Guides
Bio/Chem Articles
Technology Guides
Computer Science Tutorials
Forums
Trending
Featured Threads
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
Physics
Classical Physics
Electromagnetism
Field Evaporation of Contact Charged Spheres: Exploring Possibilities
Reply to thread
Message
[QUOTE="BrandonBerchtold, post: 6290006, member: 638265"] If you were to positively contact charge a small ~1 mm diameter sphere using a Van de Graaff generator, and were to charge it sufficiently high enough that field evaporation began to occur, what would happen? Would the rate of evaporation increase exponentially as the field strength would increase with decreasing sphere radius? Or would the evaporated particles reduce the positive charge of the sphere enough to prevent further field evaporation? Alternatively, what if you contact charged a small ~1 mm sphere to a voltage much higher than that at which significant field evaporation occurs. Would it explode? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Post reply
Forums
Physics
Classical Physics
Electromagnetism
Field Evaporation of Contact Charged Spheres: Exploring Possibilities
Back
Top