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High-voltage installation — artificial lightning (3D)

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The lightning demonstration of the Deutsches Museum: a branching arc jumps from the toroid electrode. Voltage and spark gap control the breakdown (E = U/d from ~3 kV/mm); the Faraday cage protects the presenter — without the cage they get "struck".

Subject: Physics experiments (Deutsches Museum)

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