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Comment by avian

8 years ago

> I believe the striking voltage varies with incident illumination

That is the principle behind this entry for the flashing light prize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VJft5Xq5g

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avian

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hazeii  8 years ago

Thanks for that! Great demo, and using strong UV shows the effect in spades (I'd guess in this case you wouldn't want the radioactivity, so the illumination effect from the photons is more pronounced).

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