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From measured values of arc gradient E (v cm−1) and current density I (amp. cm−2) the arc temperature is calculated for nitrogen in the pressure range 1–30 atmospheres and current range 1–10 amperes, and in hydrogen at one atmosphere pressure for the current range 1–10 amperes.
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C. G. Suits (1939) studied this question.
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