Paschen's law is an equation that gives the breakdown voltage– the voltage necessary to start a discharge or electric arc –between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length. It is named after Friedrich Paschen who discovered it empirically in 1889.
Paschen's law is an equation that gives the breakdown voltage– the voltage necessary to start a discharge or electric arc –between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length. It is named after Friedrich Paschen who discovered it empirically in 1889.
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