Experimental investigation of the behavior of bubbles in water under the effect of strong electric fields

Investigations are performed of the formation of long-lived microbubbles $20$ to $100\mu$m in size in water with the aid of a pulse-heated wire electrode. The results of optical investigations of the behavior of bubbles in a strong pulsed electric field of up to $300$ kV/cm demonstrate that the bubbles stretch out in the field direction, are compressed in the transverse direction, are divided, and separate from the electrode. Differences in the behavior of anode and cathode bubbles are registered.