Before a lightning strike can occur, the breakdown limit for damp air must be reached. If this

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Before a lightning strike can occur, the breakdown limit for damp air must be reached. If this occurs for an electric field of 3.33 × 105 V/m, what is the maximum possible height above the Earth for the bottom of a thundercloud, which is at a potential 1.00 × 108 V below Earth's surface potential, if there is to be a lightning strike?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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