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hollow cathode
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An efficient plasma-emitting device flowing gas through a hollow orifice.
sustained arc
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An electrical discharge that lasts much longer than the usual capacitance-discharging arc (on the order of 1 millisecond or longer).
dielectric breakdown
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An electrical discharge within a dielectric due to an applied electric field in excess of the dielectric strength of the material.
conductor
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An electrical path that offers comparatively little resistance. A wire or combination of wires not insulated from each other, suitable for carrying a single electric current.
ion
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An electrified portion of matter of sub-atomic, atomic, or molecular dimensions such as is formed when a molecule of gas loses an electron (when the gas is stressed electrically beyond the critical ...
contaminant
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
An impurity or foreign substance present in or on a material and affecting one or more properties of the material.
paschen discharge
Electrical equipment; Power supplies
Breakdown of neutral gas in a high electric field.
