Vacuum flashover on diamond-like carbon-coated insulators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-112

  Halverson, W ^a   Patel, R ^a   Horenstein, M ^b   Moustakas, T ^b   Tsai, K C ^b   McGurrin, G ^b  

^a SPIRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COATINGS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INSULATION TESTING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLASHOVER; POLYIMIDES; SURFACES; VACUUM;

CARBON COATINGS; CYLINDRICAL ALUMINA; DC VOLTAGE GRADIENT; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYIMIDE INSULATOR; VACUUM FLASHOVER;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0030087022     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.485521     Document Type: Article

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