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IT is well known that glass, chalk, porcelain, etc., become conductors if they are brought to high temperatures. Using this fact, an electric arc can be started between a carbon electrode and a second electrode of these materials.
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Nuovo Cimento, S. VII., vol. 26, pp.75–76; 1923.
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PIERUCCI, M. Electric Arc between Carbon and Substances which are Insulators at Ordinary Temperatures. Nature 129, 724 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129724a0
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