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Z-pinch at Sandia National Laboratories Z machine. Due to the extremely high voltage, the power feeding equipment is submerged in concentric chambers of 540,000 gallons (2044112 liter) of transformer oil and 600,000 gallons (2271247 liter) of deionized water, which act as insulators. However, the electromagnetic pulse generated when discharging the electrical energy to fire the Z machine causes impressive lightning, referred to as "arcs and sparks", which can be seen around all conducting materials in the room.

Photo by Randy Montoya (on behalf of US Government laboratory). Courtesy, Sandia National Laboratories.

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Permission granted for use on Wikipedia by Neal Singer, Media Relations, via e-mail to brian0918, 10:03AM EST, 14 March 2005: "hi Brian, encyclopedia articles are fine. We only require a credit in the form, 'Courtesy, Sandia National Laboratories,' thanks, Neal."

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Ported from the english wikipedia

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