Surface discharges on teflon, mylar and kapton

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 5146-5151

  Balmain, K G ^a   Dubois, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; SPACECRAFT - RADIATION EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0018554757     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1979.4330287     Document Type: Article

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