Research Article
Peak Voltage Measurements Using Standard Sphere Gap Method
Table 2
Comparison between breakdown voltages of uniform field gaps and sphere gaps for shorter distances.
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Distance cm | Standard conditions: 20°C; 760.56 mmHg |
Breakdown voltage with uniform field electrodes (proposed sphere gap geometry), measured by |
Sphere gap breakdown voltage [3] |
Experimental breakdown voltage | Ritz [3] | Schumann [3] |
| 0.1 | 4.54 | 4.50 | 4.60 | — | 0.2 | 7.90 | 8.00 | 8.00 | — | 0.5 | 17.00 | 17.40 | 17.00 | — | 1.0 | 31.35 | 31.70 | 31.00 | 31.02 | 2.0 | 58.70 | 59.60 | 58.00 | 59.22 | 4.0 | 112.00 | 114.00 | 112.00 | 106.10 | 6.0 | 163.80 | 166.20 | 164.00 | 148.89 |
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