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Negative Point-to-Plane Corona—a New Mode of the Discharge

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A NUMBER of investigators1,2 in the field of negative point-to-plane corona have reported on the unsteady nature of the discharge at high values of gap voltages. Reference has been made to the movement of the active-spot about the point, and the formation of ‘plural spots’. I have found that, with certain gap geometries, a new mode of discharge can be observed.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University, Leeds, 2

    ALLAN GREENWOOD

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GREENWOOD, A. Negative Point-to-Plane Corona—a New Mode of the Discharge. Nature 168, 41–42 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168041b0

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