The anode surface temperature of CuCr contacts at the limit of current interruption

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Sato, Junichi ^a   Kagenaga, Kiyoshi ^a   Somei, Hiromichi ^a   Homma, Mitsutaka ^a   Kaneko, Eiji ^a   Takahashi, Hideomi ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrode surface temperature; Vacuum arc; Vacuum interrupter

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COPPER ALLOYS; DENSITY OF GASES; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; VACUUM; VAPOR PRESSURE;

PASCHEN MINIMUM; VACUUM ARCS; VACUUM INTERRUPTERS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0031209006     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.640677     Document Type: Article

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