A grease fitting on the side of the bottom chamber
will allow filling the cavities with water or an electrolyte
with a grease gun which will pressurize the standpipe with
air or other gases that were in the cavities.
----- Original Message -----From: TP SparberTo: vortex-lSent: 6/17/2006 12:27:46 PMSubject: RE: [Vo]: Re: Water Jet ArcPossibly a water-filled standpipe on one side pressurizedup to a few thousand psi with air.Several small holes in the ceramic plate instead of one larger isanother possibility.Water "pinch shaft" resistance before arc=plasma:rho = R*area/ length or R = rho * length/area----- Original Message -----From: TP SparberTo: vortex-lSent: 6/17/2006 9:57:21 AMSubject: RE: [Vo]: Re: Water Jet ArcMetal plates with a machined cavity filled with waterand "O" Ring sealed on each side of an alumina or quartz platewith a hole through it's center with voltage applied shouldcreate a pinch- plasma arc through the hole.Insulated bolts on the perimeter of the plates holding themagainst the ceramic, of course.

