{"id":3224,"date":"2017-04-07T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:44:10","slug":"electricity-in-a-vacuum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/electricity-in-a-vacuum\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity in a Vacuum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electricity in a vacuum is quite different than electricity flow in Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. \u00a0Electricity, as you probably know,\u00a0is the flow of electrons from a higher voltage potential to a lower potential.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what electricity is like in outer space or a vacuum, you may want to check out Mehdi at Electroboom&#8217;s interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electroboom.com\">Tesla coil video<\/a>\u00a0below. \u00a0In the video he creates a very low pressure, vacuum-like environment and puts his tesla coil inside of it. \u00a0What happens is pretty interesting!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WM25pUsrODk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even at low voltages, electricity can in fact travel through a perfect vacuum. \u00a0At low voltages though electrons flow invisible. \u00a0A\u00a0vacuum arc can occur if the electric field is sufficient to cause field electron emission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"electricity in a vacuum\" width=\"553\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/electricity-in-vacuum.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to see how Mehdi made his vacuum chamber then check out his initial video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=97w8bl3n3eU\">how to make a vacuum chamber<\/a>. \u00a0Make sure you do this at your own risk! \u00a0As always make sure to stock up on all of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/hand-tools-for-electronics\">electronics supplies<\/a>\u00a0from Circuit Specialists. \u00a0Great value products that will save you time!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electricity in a vacuum is quite different than electricity flow in Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. \u00a0Electricity, as you probably know,\u00a0is the flow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Electricity in a Vacuum | Simply Smarter Circuitry Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Electricity flows in a vacuum differently than it does in the normal atmosphere. 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