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Plasma physics

the breakdown voltage of a gas gap depends on the product of gas pressure and gap distance, with a minimum at one value.

In plasma physics, Paschen's law refers to the breakdown voltage of a gas gap depends on the product of gas pressure and gap distance, with a minimum at one value. This meaning comes from Paschen (1889) in Annalen der Physik.[1]

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References

Paschen, F. (1889). Ueber die zum Funkenübergang in Luft, Wasserstoff und Kohlensäure bei verschiedenen Drucken erforderliche Potentialdifferenz. Annalen der Physik, 273(5), 69-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.18892730505

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