Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
"Fred wrote"
>
> > Do atoms spontaneously ionize at high values of E?
>
> Yes they do Fred, that's how the "soft ionization membrane" works: it's a
> capacitor like you describe with holes in it, through which you push the
gas
> you want to ionize.
>
> Michel
>
Thanks Michel.
That being the case, would a Pd "soft ion membrane" act as
a deuteron accelerator if hooked something like
this with 5.0 millimeter spacing, (E = 10e7 volts/meter) or so?
D2 gas in grounded can
+ 50 KV ------------------------Pd membrane
vacuum
- 50 KV ___________________
vacuum
Fred
