Instability of Vacuum Arc in Ag-Cu Contact Alloys

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 463-468

  Yamamoto, Atsushi ^a   Okutomi, Tsutomu ^a   Homma, Mitsutaka ^a   Okawa, Mikio ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; SILVER ALLOYS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VACUUM;

SILVER COPPER CONTACT ALLOYS; VACUUM ARC;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0027678803     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.249627     Document Type: Article

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