Re: Breakdown strength of air

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Well.. it's actually proportional to density (i.e. the number of molecules
in the gap), so when you get high enough pressure that the gas becomes a
liquid, and then becomes less compressible.....

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> Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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> Wow. Much simpler than I had thought. I figured it would be linear in
> some aspect, but I figured that there would have to be some conversion
> factor or something in there, because after all it couldn't be "that"
> simple :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> << Jason R. Johnson >>
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> > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
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> > For pressures above atmospheric, and reasonably big gaps (say, bigger
> than a
> > few mm), breakdown voltage is going to be proportional to absolute
> > pressure... that is, at 15 psig, the breakdown will be twice that of
> > atmospheric (i.e. it will be 140 kV/inch instead of 70 kV/inch).  at
> 150
> > psig (i.e. 11 Atm), it will be 770 kV/inch..
> >
> > At lower than atmospheric pressures, it stays fairly linear down to
> around
> > 10-30 torr, at which point it starts to get funky.
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> > > Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a source of information on breakdown strength vs
> > > pressure? All I need is a simple chart or equation to figure out
> > > breakdown strength in air up to a couple hundred psi. I used to have
> a
> > > weblink a long time ago to such a chart, but I have long since lost
> it
> > > in one of my HD reformattings.
> > >
> > > << Jason R. Johnson >>
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> > > "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and
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