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Air is an insulator, but can conduct electricity under certain conditions. What are these conditions? What is conduction of electricity through air called?

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Air allows electricity to pass through it if the quantity of the charge is large and the distance is small. In such a situation a very heavy charge passes through the air in a very short span of time. The conduction of electricity through the air is known as Electrical discharge.

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