highest Temperature i can reach in a lab with electrical discharge i do not care if the equipment gets destroyed or not i just want to know the possibility of the highest temperature you can reach with electricity if there is no limit then simply say no limit. if you know the best possible method please explain as much as possible. thanks in advance.
There is a limit. The temperature of an electric arc (the plasma formed by an electrical discharge) is on the order of 10,000 C. This temperature is high enough to melt any substance known and to vaporize almost any substance known. Of course the amount of heat contained in that arc depends on a number of things like the amperage, the electrical power, and the material making up that plasma. You can produce an arc with a flashlight battery but the heat content of that arc is tiny. However, if you are a group of atoms of, for example, copper, participating in that arc, you are going to melt and some of you are going to vaporize. If you want to learn more about exotic ways to acheive very high temperatures (enough to initiate nuclear fusion), google the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and their project on laser ignition for fusion research.
