Surface recovery of silicone rubber used for HV outdoor insulation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1039-1046

  Chang, J W ^a   Gorur, R S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; TEMPERATURE; VULCANIZATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SALT FOG CHAMBERS; SILICONE POLYMER CHAINS; SILICONE RUBBER; SURFACE RECOVERY; VISUAL INDICATION; WEATHERSHED; X RAY MAPPING FEATURE;

ELECTRIC INSULATION;

EID: 0028754486     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.368659     Document Type: Article

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