How many volts is required for a tiny spark to be created?

[ThePhysicsXV]

Homework Statement

How many volts is required for a tiny spark to be created in electrostatics?

Homework Equations

No equations

The Attempt at a Solution

5,000 watts

 

[ThePhysicsXV]

Homework Statement

How many volts is required for a tiny spark to be created in electrostatics?

Homework Equations

No equations

The Attempt at a Solution

5,000 watts

Am I correct?

 

[haruspex]

Am I correct?

It asks for a number of Volts. What entity is measured in Volts? What entity is measured in Watts?
How did you get your answer?

 

[ThePhysicsXV]

It asks for a number of Volts. How did you get your answer?

Notes from the class

 

[haruspex]

Notes from the class

Then you are misinterpreting them. Please see my edited post #3.

 

[ThePhysicsXV]

Then you are misinterpreting them. Please see my edited post #3.

What post?

 

[haruspex]

What post?

As I said, post #3 in the thread. I edited while you were replying to it the first time, so you may have missed the extra questions.

 

[ThePhysicsXV]

As I said, post #3 in the thread. I edited while you were replying to it the first time, so you may have missed the extra questions.

Volts is measured in joules per Coulomb

 

[haruspex]

Volts is measured in joules per Coulomb

No, Volts are measured in Volts. But that is not what I asked. What physical property do Volts measure? What physical property do Watts measure?

 

[ThePhysicsXV]

Volts is the electric potential while Watts is rate of energy

 

[haruspex]

Volts is the electric potential while Watts is rate of energy

Right. So if it asks for a number of Volts then an answer in Watts cannot right, can it.