Time dependence of anode spot formation threshold current in vacuum arcs

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1978, Pages 233-237

  Boxman, Raymond L ^a   Harris, Jeffrey H ^b,c   Bless, Adam ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0018007775     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.1978.4317120     Document Type: Article

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