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Re: Electric Breakdown



At 15:15 11/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
There are two ways a current can be conducted between electrodes in a gas
or vacuum. One is by ionic conduction. The other is by directly ripping
electrons from the cathode. The former will depend on the properties of the
gas. The latter will depend on the cathode.



There is as well a third - the displacement current.
Brian
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK