Lightning rod | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 04/06/2019

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00:01:15 1 History
00:02:08 1.1 Russia
00:03:04 1.2 Europe
00:04:42 1.3 United States
00:08:29 2 Lightning protection system
00:15:09 3 Structure protectors
00:15:20 3.1 Lightning arrester
00:16:21 3.2 Protection of electric distribution systems
00:18:20 3.3 Lightning protection of mast radiators
00:19:45 3.4 Lightning conductors and grounding precautions
00:22:46 3.5 Lightning protection system design
00:26:07 3.6 Rounded versus pointed ends
00:28:35 3.7 Charge transfer theory
00:30:18 3.8 Early streamer emission (ESE) theory
00:34:03 4 Analysis of strikes
00:35:49 5 Aircraft protectors
00:38:42 6 Watercraft protectors
00:39:29 7 Risk assessment
00:40:50 8 Standards
00:44:21 9 See also



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SUMMARY
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A lightning rod (US, AUS) or lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod  mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, instead of passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals or strike termination devices.
In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single component of the system. The lightning rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function. Lightning rods come in many different forms, including hollow, solid, pointed, rounded, flat strips or even bristle brush-like. The main attribute common to all lightning rods is that they are all made of conductive materials, such as copper and aluminum. Copper and its alloys are the most common materials used in lightning protection.