corona discharge

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Electric discharge generated in a gas, usually at atmospheric pressure, surrounding a conductor carrying a sufficiently high potential that the electric field around it ionizes the gas so as to form a plasma in the immediate vicinity of the conductor without causing complete electric breakdown or arcing.
Note: A corona discharge can also be sustained in a liquid.
See also: glow discharge ionization
Source:
PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. (Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)) on page 1533 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'corona discharge' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12373 RIS BibTex EndNote
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