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α (in "value" /cm) .: 1.a) What is Paschen's Law? Sketch Paschen's curve and explain the existence of a minimum

Paschen's Law describes the relationship between the breakdown voltage of a gas and the product of gas pressure and electrode gap distance. It predicts a minimum sparking potential due to a balance of collision ionization events and distance electrons must travel. For a gas with a current of 5.5x10^-8 A at 8 kV and 0.4 cm gap distance, reducing the gap to 0.1 cm at constant field yielded a current of 5.5x10^-9 A. Using this data, the Townsend primary ionization coefficient α can be calculated as 0.25/cm. Time lags for gas breakdown include the ionization lag, which depends on the ionization coefficient, and the drift time lag

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α (in "value" /cm) .: 1.a) What is Paschen's Law? Sketch Paschen's curve and explain the existence of a minimum

Paschen's Law describes the relationship between the breakdown voltage of a gas and the product of gas pressure and electrode gap distance. It predicts a minimum sparking potential due to a balance of collision ionization events and distance electrons must travel. For a gas with a current of 5.5x10^-8 A at 8 kV and 0.4 cm gap distance, reducing the gap to 0.1 cm at constant field yielded a current of 5.5x10^-9 A. Using this data, the Townsend primary ionization coefficient α can be calculated as 0.25/cm. Time lags for gas breakdown include the ionization lag, which depends on the ionization coefficient, and the drift time lag

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1.a) What is Paschens Law?

Sketch Paschens curve and explain the existence of a minimum


sparking potential in Paschens curve.( i.e. explain the phenomena left and right of
the minimum point.)

b) In an experiment in a certain gas it was found that the steady-state current is (5.5 x
10
-8
) A at 8 kV at a distance of 0.4 cm between the plane electrodes. Keeping the
field constant and reducing the distance of the gap to 0.1 cm, results in a current of
(5.5 x 10
-9
) A. Calculate Townsends primary ionization coefficient (in value
/cm).


2. a) Define the components of time lags associated with the breakdown of gaseous
insulators. Upon what factors do the time lags depend?

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