In reply to David Jonsson's message of Thu, 3 Jul 2008 04:15:47 +0200: Hi, [snip] >I will abandon this idea now and try to see if some electron gas is forming >as a result of the net charges. Electron gas has very high thermal >conductivity and could maybe explain the cooling effect. > [snip] Any free ions formed will be accelerated by the high voltage, and will ionize other molecules, producing a weak plasma (hence lots of free electrons).
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk