The burning voltage of a high-current vacuum arc in a six-gap rod electrode system

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 586-592

  Alferov, D F ^a   Korobova, N I ^a   Sidorov, V A ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIAN ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRODES; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

HIGH CURRENT VACUUM ARCS; TRIGGERED VACUUM SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC SPARK GAPS;

EID: 0031209642     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.640669     Document Type: Article

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