Big fizzing electrical arcs are fun, and handled properly, not too dangerous either. The Jacob’s Ladder is one such piece of arc-generating equipment, one that featured heavily in vintage sci-fi films ...
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THE intensity of strong neutral argon emission lines radiated, by the thermally excited argon shield gas surrounding and within the central d.c. arc plasma of the Heliweld thoriated tungsten electrode ...
Particle simulations reveal more raindrops, packed more tightly together, lead to earlier streamer discharges in high-voltage DC transmission lines.