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THE properties of high-current arcs under stationary conditions have been studied, in general, using low-pressure mercury vapour. Thonemann and Cowhig1, for example, have made probe measurements in a mercury arc at currents up to 100 amp. Much higher currents are used in technical devices such as rectifiers and inverters.
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Thonemann, P. C., and Cowhig, W. T., Proc. Phys. Soc., B, 64, 345 (1951).
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ALLEN, J., MAGISTRELLI, F. Production of Continuous High-Current Discharges in Gases. Nature 194, 1167 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941167a0
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