Experiments with Arcs at Atmospheric Pressure

C. G. Suits

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.46.252

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Experiments with Arcs at Atmospheric Pressure

C. G. Suits

General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York

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Phys. Rev. 46, 252 – Published 15 August, 1934

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.46.252

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In the equation for the static characteristic of the electric arc at atmospheric pressure, $E = A + \frac{B}{I^{n}}$ , the exponent $n$ has been interpreted by Nottingham and others as a constant independent of arc length and dependent linearly upon the boiling point of the anode material. This view is criticized from a consideration of new experimental data showing that the spread in measurements of $n$ is necessarily very large. The conclusion that " $n$ varies directly as the boiling point of the electrode (anode) material" is not given support by these experiments.

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Nottingham, J. A. I. E. E. 42, 12 (1923) Phys. Rev. 28, 764 (1926)
Anderson and Kretchmar, Phys. Rev. 26, 33 (1925)
Myers, Zeits. f. Physik 87, 1, 2 (1933)

[c1] Nottingham, J. A. I. E. E. 42, 12 (1923) Phys. Rev. 28, 764 (1926)

[c2] Anderson and Kretchmar, Phys. Rev. 26, 33 (1925)

[c3] Myers, Zeits. f. Physik 87, 1, 2 (1933)

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