Experimental Investigations into the Arc Properties of Vacuum Interrupters with Horseshoe Electrode, Four Pole Electrode, and their Applications

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 474-477

  Shang, W ^a   Schellekens, H ^a   Hilderink, J ^a  

^a HOLEC Comp & Syst B V ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARC PROPERTIES; FOUR POLE ELECTRODES; HORSESHOE ELECTRODES; VACUUM INTERRUPTERS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0027685543     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.249629     Document Type: Article

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