Electrical Breakdown Caused by Dust Motion in Low-Pressure Atmospheres: Considerations for Mars
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 180 (4089) , 962-963
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.180.4089.962
Abstract
Electrification of agitated dust can cause visible breakdown in a carbon dioxide atmosphere at low pressure in a laboratory experiment. Dust storms on earth become electrified, with accompanying breakdown phenomena. Martian dust storms may reduce the atmospheric conductivity by capturing fast ions on particles, and, by electrifying, may cause discharges in the relatively low pressure atmosphere.Keywords
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