English Explanatory Dictionary

Paschen's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An equation giving the breakdown voltage between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length.

Word forms

Paschen's law

Etymology

Named after Friedrich Paschen, who discovered it empirically in 1889.

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