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low pressure electrical breakdown



Dear all,

Does anyone happen to know of a reference giving the breakdown field and/or
breakdown voltage of air as a function of pressure, between 1 atm and
vacuum?

I know that there have been messages here before about how the breakdown
goes through a minimum at some pressure well below 1 atm. Searching on the
Web, I can only seem to find information that applies above that minimum.
(i.e., they tell me that the minimum breakown voltage would occur at
perfect vacuum).

Thanks,
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--James McLean
jmclean@chem.ucsd.edu
post doc
UC San Diego, Chemistry