- Posted by nattayb on Friday 12 June 2009 - 01:30:04
yes, the diameter. The length should be long, but short enough that some plasma still comes out. This means there is still pressure in the barrel.
- Posted by ScotchTapeLord on Tuesday 09 June 2009 - 17:45:48
...Is this right?
Corona is the formation of plasma around a point of high potential gradient. The higher the curvature of the electrode - as in ...
- Posted by LutzH on Monday 08 June 2009 - 18:44:23
...eresting so far? Well I am talking about inverter plasma cutters, for metal working. While there are other SMPS devices like TIG welders etc, they ten...
- Posted by Killa-X on Sunday 07 June 2009 - 21:06:51
At that point you likely won't be living there and the copper rod will have rusted in the ground enough that it will have issues grounding at that...
- Posted by Killa-X on Sunday 07 June 2009 - 21:06:51
... enough that it will have issues grounding at that point.
Copper doesn't rust.
The internal steel inside most commercial ground rods may rus...
- Posted by Frosty90 on Friday 05 June 2009 - 06:14:59
Where were the light bulbs manufactured? Europe or China?
Assuming a discharge plasma to be what's propeling the glass enevelope out of the bulb ...
- Posted by Cesiumsponge on Monday 01 June 2009 - 08:27:54
... seem to have a more refined "edge" to the spiral plasma structure that curls up the central spire. When it starts getting ghostly white, it appears ...
- Posted by Turkey9 on Wednesday 27 May 2009 - 04:47:14
...ged, and we neglect all parasitic R and L and PIT plasma motor effects, then the capacitor discharge will happen in 0.25x the time, with 4x the peak ...
- Posted by Turkey9 on Wednesday 27 May 2009 - 04:47:14
... impulse. If you add a clamp diode then di/dt and plasma motor action are truncated after first 1/4-cycle, wasting the remaining energy in the circuit...
- Posted by Turkey9 on Wednesday 27 May 2009 - 04:47:14
...) your coil as a ring-launcher before making it a plasma thruster. The metal ring has an exactly known extent and conductivity, and can be tested at ...