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Re: Discharge impedance questions.
Whoa! Time out!
I think we are talking Apples and Oranges here! "wimpy brush discharge" to
7" brush discharge, now that does not compare to 4 foot sparks! What is the
potential (V) difference? The production of Ozone is probably greater at
higher voltages (Observed on my part), but I have found from easy tests
that NOx (Actually tests for acid's) are VERY prevalent in CW discharges.
Perhaps someone with a Chemistry background could discuss the process of
this reaction? Think about the "plasma", what is really happening to that
air (~21%O, 78%N2, etc). Perhaps (I believe) NOx's and O3 are present in
different concentrations and ratios with CW vs Spark? Anyone with expertise
care to comment? This IS a safety issue (hey, I was one of those safety
NAZI''s at one time, at least in the Nuke plants)!
Anyone know how to install Linux (red hat 6.1) on a HP Netserver LM with
EISA RAID? (off list of course!)... New Profession...
TTYL,
David Trimmell
At 11:13 AM 3/11/00 , you wrote:
>Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>>>Snip<<<<<<<
>
>>Hi John,
>>This may be somewhat out of context:
>>As Terry mentioned in his related posting, I have noticed that the wimpy
>>brush discharge
>>from my type 10 VTTC does not produce ozone or any other ionization
products,
>>at least
>>not detectable to the sniff test. Can you please comment on this?
>>
>>
>>Happy day,
>>Ralph Zekelman
>>
>
>Very interesting subject here!! Some people's coil have ozone others do
>not??? I have no idea why but perhaps the fancy RF generator's low
>harmonic output is very "clean" of harmonics and non-symmetrical noise (I
>think it is rated at -50dB). Thus the positive and negative parts of the
>AC cycle are identical. If a tube coil's output were distorted and had
>more (positive RMS current than negative or something like that), perhaps
>that would promote creation of the ozone and nitrogen compounds??
>Disruptive TCs like to arc in the negative potential much more than the
>positive. However a CW TC probably has pretty symmetrical currents - Just
>a thought.
>
>Cheers,
>
> Terry
>