Electric Discharge

Electric discharge describes any flow of electric charge through a gas, liquid or solid. Electric discharges include:

  • Brush discharge
  • Dielectric barrier discharge
  • Corona discharge
  • Electric glow discharge
  • Electric arc
  • Electrostatic discharge
  • Electric discharge in gases
  • Leader (spark)
  • Partial discharge
  • Streamer discharge
  • Vacuum arc
  • Townsend discharge

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