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Language:enStatus: Obsolete
Term: arc discharge
Synonym1: electric arc (in a gas or in a vapour)
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Definition: electric discharge characterized by a cathode fall which is small compared with that in a glow discharge

NOTE – The emission of the cathode results from various causes (thermionic emission, field emission, etc.) acting simultaneously or separately, but secondary emission plays only a small part.


Publication date:1987
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