I have seen that movie also. However, I don't know how that would apply to
matters of electricity and potentials and so forth.
- Marcel

On 5/22/06, G=F6khan SEVER <gstr2005@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much everybody who answer to my questions.
>
> Mr Birtelmer, I think your answer is adequate on classical physics domain.
> But what about the quantum mechanical explenation of that fact?
>
> I've seen a documentary related with QM which named "What the bleep do we
> know?" There was a scene which the camare had zoomed into the electron
> stage. While the boy have been bouncing the ball to the ground nothing was
> touching each other. Either the ball or his hand. The electrons were
> pushing
> eachother and the electromagnatic repulsive force were beating the force
> of
> gravity..
>
> On 5/22/06, Marcel Birthelmer <marcelb.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'll try, but I'm very possibly wrong, please correct me.
> >
> > 1) When the circuit is closed, think of the two contacts approaching
> > each other slowly. At some point they will be close enough so that the
> > voltage different is higher than the breakdown voltage of whatever is in
> > between them, like air for example. This then causes the air to ionize
> > which forms a conductor channel, and that's a spark - the brightness
> > depends on, among other things, how much current is drawn through this
> > channel, which is why heavier loads spark more.
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