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The breakdown of the air between two charged conductors is a function of many factors including the voltage difference across the conductors, maximum possible current in the breakdown path, shape of the conductors, and atmospheric conditions.
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maximum field magnitude, nonohmic materials, minimum arcing voltage, slanted conductors, two conducting objects, electrometer capacitance, kickback voltage, potential only varies, concentric cylindrical conductors, voltage across the switch, charged insulating surface, insulating slab, maximum surface charge, hot voltages, free surface charge, perturbing charge, grounded sphere, charge conservation equation, insulating objects, frictional charging, initial voltage across the capacitor, reference conductor, voltage across the contacts, electric field expression, infinite line charges
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Maximum Magnitude of the Electric Field, Charge Distribution Electric Field, Layered Dielectrics, Parallel Plane Conductors, Type of Dust, Van de Graaff, Breakdown Strength of Solids, Explosion Characteristics of Dust Clouds, Arc Suppression, Corner Trough, Two Parallel Dielectrics, Varying Dielectric
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