Total voltage drops in electrode fall regions of SF6, argon and air arcs in current range from 10 to 20 000 A

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1260-1267

  Yokomizu, Y ^a   Matsumura, T ^a   Henmi, R ^a   Kito, Y ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALCULATIONS; COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; IRON; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN;

AIR ARCS; ARC BURNING; ARC DISCHARGES; CATHODE FALL REGION; CURRENT RANGE; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRODE FALL REGIONS; SULFUR FLUORIDE; TEMPERATURE AND FIELD EMISSION THEORY; TOTAL VOLTAGE DROPS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0030148641     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/29/5/020     Document Type: Article

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