here is another interesting paper,
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222112707_Ab_Initio_Molecular_Dynamics_Study_of_Dissociation_of_Water_under_an_Electric_Field
it goes into the process of self ionisation of water,
it gives some good details on the process, its quite recent work also ( 2012).
I'm not sure if its possible to directly convert volts/angstrom to volts/mm or similar, but they found 0.35v/angstrom is the threshold for ionisation of water. They also refer to ionisation of water is really the dissociation of water ( into oh and h30 ions), they also say 100% ionised water is completely dissociated water.
If anyone can decipher this paper into more easily understood terms would be useful, I think stan would have loved to have this type of info at his fingertips.
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222112707_Ab_Initio_Molecular_Dynamics_Study_of_Dissociation_of_Water_under_an_Electric_Field
it goes into the process of self ionisation of water,
it gives some good details on the process, its quite recent work also ( 2012).
I'm not sure if its possible to directly convert volts/angstrom to volts/mm or similar, but they found 0.35v/angstrom is the threshold for ionisation of water. They also refer to ionisation of water is really the dissociation of water ( into oh and h30 ions), they also say 100% ionised water is completely dissociated water.
If anyone can decipher this paper into more easily understood terms would be useful, I think stan would have loved to have this type of info at his fingertips.