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Water and Electronics, a match made in hell ...

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by VK6FLAB, Aug 4, 2018.

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  1. VA3ECO

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    I don't know if I can post a you Tube link, but here goes:

    It's an interesting video about the use of Corrosion X.
    I personally have never tried it, but apparently it has quite a following.
    -Chris VA3ECO
     
  2. W1YW

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    Huh!

    That's totally wrong. Of COURSE it boils....

    Go look up the physics of phase changes.

    What you MEAN to say is that approaching the phase transition, pure water approximates a metastable state which is offset by an impurity or a change to the potential well. In others words, any type of motion. Random motion in the water water itself will also set it off.

    Boiling chips help offset that metastable state, for example.
     
  3. KI7HSB

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    Given enough potential, electrical energy can pass through nearly anything, but what you are referring to is the breakdown of the dielectric properties, which isn't really the same thing as conduction. During the breakdown of the dielectric, a bridge of ions becomes the conductor allowing the energy to pass through the insulator.

    Water has a dielectric strength of 65-70kV/mm. Air, (at atm pressure and flat electrodes) around 3kV/mm. Once past that point, electrical power will "conduct" over the ion bridge that forms between the source and sink.
     
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