Electric spark
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electric-spark-162-4216951
title:
Electric spark
text:
An electric spark is an abrupt electrical discharge that occurs when a sufficiently high electric field creates an ionized, electrically conductive channel through a normally-insulating medium, often air or other gases or gas mixtures. Michael Faraday described this phenomenon as "the beautiful flash of light attending the discharge of common electricity". The rapid transition from a non-conducting to a conductive state produces a brief emission of light and a sharp crack or snapping sound. A sp
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encyclopedia
description:
Abrupt electrical discharge through an ionised channel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_spark
date created:
2006-02-01T20:27:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T17:09:31Z
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