Re: IONS

["Ludwik Kowalski" <KowalskiL@Mail.Montclair.edu>]

According to a private message received this morning:

> ... I found that ad for "Captured Lightning", Lichtenberg
> figures inside 2 cm acrylic plates.  $10 for 2"x2", $25 for 4"x4",
> more expensive if you want the edges grond and polished.
> Implanted with 4 megavolt equipment.

Can somebody explain the nature of Lichtenberg figures? Or
to answer the earlier question below? Are these two related?

Ludwik Kowalski

> > I have a related question. Suppose that a pure dielectric, such
> > as SiO2, is "loaded" with a uniform cloud of net negative charge.
> > This can be done, for example, by stopping beta particles inside.
> > Would the cloud remain uniform (as the charge density goes up)
> > or will charges be drifting toward the surface, as in metals, due
> > to mutual repulsion? What is the maximum possible charge
> > density (order of magnitude) inside a solid?