Prebreakdown electron emission

IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation

Volumn EI-18, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 194-203

  Latham, R V ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0020138324     PISSN: 00189367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEI.1983.298599     Document Type: Article

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