Breakdown electric field strengths have been measured in an S-band microwave cavity for dry air, water vapor, and air plus water vapor. Breakdown field strengths for mixtures of air plus 17.2 Torr of water vapor are up to about 25% greater than for dry air at the same total pressure.
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