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Article #1260A real wire
From: Dieter Britz
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:53
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:53
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Originally-From: logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan):
>The result is that in the earths atmosphere, a sphere of about 15" in diameter
>is require to hold a voltage potential of 1,000,000 volts without causing
>electrical breakdown in the air due to high near surface gradients, while
>it only requires a wire of about 2" in diameter to transport 1,000,000 volts
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>along a high tension power grid with causing electrical breakdown of the air.
Now that is what I call a real wire! Would that be silver, John?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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Dieter Britz alias britz@kemi.aau.dk
Kemisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!fusion From: Dieter Britz <BRITZ@kemi.aau.dk> Subject: A real wire Message-ID: <9AFE0CEE377FA0C463@vms2.uni-c.dk> Sender: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller) Reply-To: Dieter Britz <BRITZ@kemi.aau.dk> Organization: Sci.physics.fusion/Mail Gateway Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:53:07 GMT Lines: 16