The Precursory Analysis of the Influence of Garments on Corona Discharge Created Around a Human Fingertip

Abstract

The aim of the experiment was to analyze the corona discharge films (CDF) taken from fingertips of human subjects who had contact for a long period of time with two sets of clothes, and find out in what way a long period of contact with textiles influences life’s parameters: heart beat, blood pressure, and volunteers’ level of comfort. Three volunteers took part in the experiments. They placed a fingertip in the area of a strong electrical field of high voltage (10 kV) and high frequency (1024 Hz) to register a CDF. A digital camera placed within the area of corona discharges recorded this phenomenon. The analysis showed that there were no statistical differences between parameters of CDF taken from fingertips of volunteers after five hours of wearing two sets of clothes.