Dry air breaks down for a voltage of about 3000 V/mm. Is it possible to build a

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Dry air breaks down for a voltage of about 3000 V/mm.
Is it possible to build a parallel plate capacitor with a plate spacing of 1 mm that can be charged to a potential difference greater than 3000 V? If so, explain how.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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