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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Checking Discharge Voltage

From the post "Neon Light Boom" dated 22 Dec 2017,

Vmin=A(PT)2

and A=3.435422m3iqZ2k2

but

PT=nVolR=MmiNAVolR=densitymik

Vmin=3.435422m3iqZ2k2(densitymik)2

Vmin=3.435422miqZ2density2

Vmin=12miq(3.4354densityZ)2 ---(*)

as vboom=3.4354densityZ

qVmin=12miv2boom

which just says the voltage applied converts to KE at vboom, provided that the gap length between the electrodes are sufficiently wide.  This implies that the expression for Vmin is dimensional-ly consistent.

However, if q14q then,

14qVmin=12mcv2boom

and (*) becomes,

Vminc=2mcq(3.4354densityZ)2 ---(**)

mc, however, is not available.

How does this tally with experimental values of Vmin?