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WE have carried out laboratory and outdoor studies to see whether radio observations with a tuned loop aerial can be used to monitor low energy electrostatic sparks and to separate spark discharges from corona-type discharges. Since corona is in general non-incendive in inflammable hydrocarbon air mixtures—but sparks may be incendive if sufficiently energetic—the observation of electromagnetic radiation from a discharge could form a simple technique for monitoring potential ignition hazards.
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CHUBB, J., ERENTS, S. & POLLARD, I. Radio Detection of Low Energy Electrostatic Sparks. Nature 245, 206–207 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245206a0
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