before it dissolves in the water?
2006-06-30 09:05:14 · 14 answers · asked by hkyboy96 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
it would travel the same 2 inches that separate the prongs on the stun-baton. salty water is perfect conductor of electricity.
if you want to achieve the effect of lightning striking the ocean, you would have to find a way to stick only one prong of stun-baton into the water.
if you want to get some fish, you can stick two electodes into the water like 10 yeards apart, and connect them to a better source of electricity (like welding arc generator). But then again, TNT is easier.
2006-06-30 09:21:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
simply the main flow of the current would be downwards towards the the ground of in that case the sea bed and crossing any conductor in the process... also there are some other factors such as the output current of the pole and the resistivity of the salt water though it's low... the electricity only flows if there's a voltage difference between the source and and the destination which in this case are the pole and the ground
2006-06-30 16:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by MiG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As previously stated, it would travel from one pole of the stunner to the other. But, I can't leave your use of the word 'dissolves' alone. Salt dissolves. Powdered creamer dissolves. Electricity does not dissolve. If you apply a charge to the ocean, the density of the charge disperses. Just keeping things real. Great question.
2006-06-30 16:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by Karman V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory it would travel for eternity, circling and circling the earth through the ocean forever decaying but never completely dying away.
In reality, if someone were standing more than 2 feet away from the pole they wouldn't feel a thing. The voltage used in prods like the one you described is so low it would drop to zero almost immediately.
2006-06-30 16:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by scotter98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it would depend on the output of the pole. I believe it would travel farther in the ocean than it would in a lake because of the salinity of the water.
2006-06-30 16:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Nozall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a fellow animal, you would be stunned to know the distance, but as you have already found out, electrocution takes place when mixed with water n electricity
2006-06-30 16:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by pete v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as the number of Ion density is in that part of the ocean?
2006-07-10 12:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the wattage (power). Some lightning strikes have been recorded to kill fish in a radius of two hundred yards.
2006-07-08 21:02:20 · answer #8 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the strength of the charge, but it would 'dissolve' according to an inverse cube law.....if it was strength X at 1m, it would be X/8 at 2m i believe
2006-06-30 16:09:17 · answer #9 · answered by claytr0n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very far - only to the water bed.
2006-07-11 09:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by Vlada M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋