Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
From akrenzel@sisna.com Fri Jul 5 04:35:24 1996
From: Art Krenzel <akrenzel@sisna.com>
Organization: Sisna
Subject: Air Arc Process

I would like to determine the things which can cause the loss of an
established arc at high (10,000 Volts) and high current (1,000 amps).
Does the presence of moisture as vaporizing liquid droplets reduce the
arc stability? Would the loss of fresh ionizable particulates reduce the
stability of the plasma? Can the Plasma be drawn away from the shortest
electronic path between electrodes and snuffed out? Can I overload the
plasma with nonconductors and snuff it out without resorting to a vacuum?
Could I cause a small explosion in the arc path and cause it to lose the
arc?

Hope someone out there can speculate with me.

Thanks!

Art