How Much Power Is Needed to Create Plasma with Copper Electrodes and Ceramic?

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I'm looking to create a plasma actuator. I have a 1/16" thick aluminum oxide ceramic plate that will function as my dielectric, as well as two copper electrodes that I'll be sending the electricity through. Does anyone know how much power I will need to send to the electrodes to create the plasma in air?
 

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itsalright said:
I'm looking to create a plasma actuator. I have a 1/16" thick aluminum oxide ceramic plate that will function as my dielectric, as well as two copper electrodes that I'll be sending the electricity through. Does anyone know how much power I will need to send to the electrodes to create the plasma in air?

Well your question is hard to answer and one can only give guesses. But you might consider :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_weapon
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/09/engineer-aims-to-create-plasma-powered-micro-air-vehicle/
http://www.teramobile.org/publications/longueur_fil_palaiseau.pdf

The last link , I think will be most helpful to you.