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4- A discharge tube has electrodes 5 mm apart and the field prior to breakdown is nearly uniform. If the second ionization coefficient has the value 0.02, find the value of a at which breakdown will occur (a) if the gas is non-attaching and (b) if an electron makes 0.1 attaching collisions per centimeter drift.

4- A discharge tube has electrodes 5 mm apart and the field prior to breakdown is nearly uniform. If the second ionization coefficient has the value 0.02, find the value of a at which breakdown will occur (a) if the gas is non-attaching and (b) if an electron makes 0.1 attaching collisions per centimeter drift.

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4- A discharge tube has electrodes 5 mm apart and the field prior to breakdown is nearly uniform. If the second ionization coefficient has the value 0.02, find the value of a at which breakdown will occur (a) if the gas is non-attaching and (b) if an electron makes 0.1 attaching collisions per centimeter drift.
Transcribed Image Text:4- A discharge tube has electrodes 5 mm apart and the field prior to breakdown is nearly uniform. If the second ionization coefficient has the value 0.02, find the value of a at which breakdown will occur (a) if the gas is non-attaching and (b) if an electron makes 0.1 attaching collisions per centimeter drift.
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