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.

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]

0.14.544.504.60
0.27.908.008.00
0.517.0017.4017.00
1.031.3531.7031.0031.02
2.058.7059.6058.0059.22
4.0112.00114.00112.00106.10
6.0163.80166.20164.00148.89