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An electrical discharge between a liquid surface and an electrode positioned above it is considered. A second electrode, which delivers the output from a high-voltage source, is located at the bottom of the vessel containing the liquid. The conditions that must be met by the electrical discharge in order to efficiently initiate reactions in the liquid phase are analyzed. Under these conditions the number of active particles generated by the discharge turns out to depend on the concentration in the liquid of the substance with which the active particles interact. It is shown that for a corona or spark discharge the reactions can occur in a liquid layer 10–20 mm thick and that for specific reactions there exists an optimum value of the electric field at which the energy expenditures on the initiation of the reaction will be minimum.
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Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 58–63 (January 1999)
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Piskarev, I.M. Choice of conditions of an electrical discharge for generating chemically active particles for the decomposition of impurities in water. Tech. Phys. 44, 53–58 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1259251
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