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How does tesla coils work how to make the static electric ball?
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The plasma ball is an electrical apparatus invented by Nikola Tesla in 1894; it was first popularized as a novelty item in the 1980s. It is composed of a central electrode surrounded by a glass globe containing a mixture of inert gases. It functions as a miniature Tesla coil, and is useful for conducting several electrical experiments.
It emits high-frequency high-voltage low-current signal. Discharges from this ionize a gas, or gas mixture (exactly which depends on the globe), creating a charged plasma. Current flow through that plasma heats it, causing it to glow -- just as a static-electricity spark (or a lightning bolt) glows. The bulb may or may not have a conductive coating to act as the other terminal for this ionizing current. If you come near to or touch the globe, you act as a large ground and some current flows to you, altering the pattern of ionization and thus the light patterns. (You may feel the current as a slight prickling where your skin touches the globe; as with static electricity there isn't enough current to do you any harm.)
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This is the first time someone mentions the plasma ball in the few years I been in wikianswers. I like this question because with the plasma ball we could see how Tesla conducted his experiments. Tesla invented the plasma lamp for his experiments with high frequency currents of electricity in a vacuum glass tube, scientifically called an "evacuated tube" The Plasma Ball or lamp was actually first named by Tesla as "an inert gas discharge tube" for a better description. He wanted better light bulbs and he created those as well.
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This is the first time someone mentions the plasma ball in the few years I been in wikianswers. I like this question because with the plasma ball we could see how Tesla conducted his experiments. Tesla invented the plasma lamp for his experiments with high frequency currents of electricity in a vacuum glass tube, scientifically called an "evacuated tube" The Plasma Ball or lamp was actually first named by Tesla as "an inert gas discharge tube" for a better description. He wanted better light bulbs and he created those as well.
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