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Peek's law: a standalone construct

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empirical law giving the electric field or voltage at which corona discharge starts on a conductor as a function of its radius and air density.

In power systems, Peek's law refers to empirical law giving the electric field or voltage at which corona discharge starts on a conductor as a function of its radius and air density. This meaning comes from Peek (1913) in Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.[1]

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References

Peek, F. W. (1913). Law of Corona and Dielectric Strength of Air-III. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, XXXII(2), 1767-1785. https://doi.org/10.1109/t-aiee.1913.4765094

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