Dielectric recovery of copper chromium vacuum interrupter contacts after short-circuit interruption

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 642-646

  Huber, Eduard ^a   Fröhlich, Klaus ^a   Grill, R ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dielectric recovery; High current; Interruption performance; Postarc period; Test method; Vacuum arc; Vacuum contact material

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; VACUUM; VAPOR PRESSURE;

COPPER CHROMIUM VACUUM INTERRUPTERS; DIELECTRIC RECOVERY; SHORT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0031207924     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.640678     Document Type: Article

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