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  1. Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!fusion
  3. From: Dieter Britz <BRITZ@kemi.aau.dk>
  4. Subject: A real wire
  5. Message-ID: <9AFE0CEE377FA0C463@vms2.uni-c.dk>
  6. Sender: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller)
  7. Reply-To: Dieter Britz <BRITZ@kemi.aau.dk>
  8. Organization: Sci.physics.fusion/Mail Gateway
  9. Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:53:07 GMT
  10. Lines: 16
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  13. Originally-From: logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan):
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  15. >The result is that in the earths atmosphere, a sphere of about 15" in diameter
  16. >is require to hold a voltage potential of 1,000,000 volts without causing
  17. >electrical breakdown in the air due to high near surface gradients, while
  18. >it only requires a wire of about 2" in diameter to transport 1,000,000 volts
  19.                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  20. >along a high tension power grid with causing electrical breakdown of the air.
  21.  
  22. Now that is what I call a real wire! Would that be silver, John?
  23. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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  25. Dieter Britz alias britz@kemi.aau.dk
  26. Kemisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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