Kulikov V.
PhD Dr Phys. Professor
Tomsk Agricultural Institute – a Branch of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Tomsk, Russia

Abstract
The process of formation of anodic electrical breakdown in the crystal structure of ice and liquid water is considered within the framework of the mechanism of generation of free charge carriers through interatomic Auger transitions in the valence band of the dielectric.

Keywords: mechanism of electrical breakdown in water, electrical strength of water