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From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Need information on Cu,Ni,Cr plating of 1m dia hemisphere
Message-ID: <20071@teda.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 91 15:15:16 GMT
References: <2867@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Organization: Teradyne EDA, Inc.
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In article <2867@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Bill White ) writes:
-	Essentially I am trying to form four (4) 1 meter hemispheres (with
-a 10 degree "excess", making it slightly more than a hemisphere) for use
-in a Van de Graaff system.

You might want to look into flagpole finials.   I don't know if they come
in this large a size, but it is worth a shot.  They use them as the grounded
targets for Van de Graff's generator at the Boston Museum of Science.
/mike
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