Vapor Shield Potential in Vacuum Interrupters After Clearing of Short Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 834-838

  Gebel, Rudolf ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SHIELDING; PLASMAS;

SHORT CIRCUITS; VACUUM INTERRUPTERS; VAPOR SHIELD POTENTIALS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0024749832     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.41213     Document Type: Article

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