PHYSICS SIMULATION MODULE / PLASMA ENGINEERING
PASCHEN / G—40
Gas discharge & electrical breakdown laboratory
SIMULATION CHAMBER NEON
DRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL TO ZOOM
BREAKDOWN THRESHOLD— V
Calculated Paschen onset
GAP VOLTAGE— V
Measured across the electrodes
DISCHARGE CURRENT0.000 mA
Ballast-limited approximation
TOWNSEND α— cm⁻¹
Ionisation per path length
FIGURE 01 / THRESHOLD CURVE
LOG SCALE · TORR·CMPaschen law Vb(pd)
The marker indicates the current pressure-gap configuration.
FIGURE 02 / LIVE INSTRUMENTATION
LIVE TRACEDischarge current I(t)
Time advances only while the simulator is running.