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Preparation of highly conducting Ag by spark discharge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2005

P. Arendt*
Affiliation:
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4–6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Cathode-directed sparks engrave in a specially prepared, originally low-conducting nonlinear silver-based material beyond a critical electric power input highly structured discharge patterns which exhibit an anomalous potential distribution consisting of an electrical double layer in series with a region of high electrical conductivity.

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© EDP Sciences, 2005

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