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electric shock tube
A gas-filled tube used in plasma physics to suddenly ionize a gas.
A capacitor bank charged to a high voltage is discharged into the gas at one tube end to ionize and heat the gas, producing a shock wave that may be studied as it travels down the tube.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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