Flashover from surface charge distribution on alumina insulators in vacuum

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-406

  Tumiran, ^a   Maeyama, M ^b   Imada, H ^b   Kobayashi, S ^b   Saito, Y ^c  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CHARGE MEASUREMENT; FLASHOVER; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

SURFACE CHARGE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0031210783     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.625355     Document Type: Article

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